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Soils and Mineral Nutrition (Essential Elements (trace elements (iron,…
Soils and Mineral Nutrition
Concepts
all organisms
need
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Calcium
Magnesium
Sulfer
plant metabolism
based on
sunlight
chemicals in
water
air
soil
rocks
mineral nutrition
immediately
potassium
more complex
iron
magnesium
nitrogen
Essential Elements
Criteria for Essentiality
element must be necessary for full life cycle
growth
differentiation
reproduction
survival
element must be effective
cannot live with a substiture
element must be acting with the plant
essential
directly
indirectly
hydroponic solution
1860
to support plant growth
major essential elements
carbon
oxygen
hydrogen
minor essential elements
#
trace elements
iron
boron
chlorine
copper
Mineral Deficiency Diseases
Causes of Deficiency Disease
osmotic drought
desert soils
able to adapt
saltbush
aluminum toxicity
acid soils
mineral deficiency
serpentine soil
most common
nonnative crop plants
human artificial selection
high fruit/seed yield
ornamentals
harvesting crops
soil depletion
Symptoms of Deficiency Diseases
chlorosis
lack of chlorophyll
yellowish color
brittle
papery
low in nitrogen or phosphorous
dark color
purple hue
necrosis
death patches of tissue
low potassium
leaf tips die
low magnesium
leaf tissues between veins die
Mobile and Immobile Elements
immobile
boron
calcium
iron
stuck in one place
cannot move back to younger cells
mobile
chlorine
magnesium
nitrogen
phosphorous
potassium
sulfer
can be translocated
Soils and Mineral Availability
Cation Exchange
freely dissolved in soil
carbonic acid
#
positive charges
trapping protons
negative charges
Soil Acidity
pH affects solubility
chemical nature of original rock
rainfalll
natural selection
The Endodermis and Selective Absorption of Substances
diffuse of ions and molecules
selectively permeable membrane
endodermis controls
apoplastic diffusion
Mycorrhizae and the Absorption of Phosphorous
90% of all plant species
symbiotic relationship with fungi
mycorrhizae
absorb phosphorous efficiently
weathering
physical
breakdown of rock by;
wind
temperature changes
water movement
ice
runoffs
coarse sand
fine sand
silt
clay particles
micelles
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chemical
chemical reactions
acids
from decaying bodies
carbonic acid
decreases soil particle size
alters soil chemistry
Nitrogen Metabolism
Nitrogen Fixation
conversion of N2 gas to nitrate
human manufacturing
bacteria
have nitrogenase
Azotobacter
Clostridium
Klebsiella
Nostoc
Nitrogen Reduction
reducing nitrogen to nitrate ions
ammonium
extremely energetic
Nitrogen Assimilation
incorporation of ammonium in plant body
similar to electron transport chin
amino group
glutamate
transamination
Other Aspects of Prokaryotes and Nitrogen
oxidizing bacteria
nitifying bacteria
nitrification
Obtaining Nitrogen from Animals
plants eating animals
carnivorous plants
ant-plants
flowering plants
ferns
epiphytic
mutualistic relationship
Storage of Minerals Within Plants
storage mechanism
when essential minerals are low
mainly in vacuoles
some in seeds
protein bodies