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Soils, Mineral Nutrition - Coggle Diagram

- - - - texture
      - density
      - microflora
      - porosity
      - microfauna
- - - - macro essential elements
      - major essential elements
- - - - nitrogen
      - phosphorus
      - magnesium
      - potassium
      - chlorine
      - sulfur
  - - - calcium
      - iron
      - boron
- - - - physical
        
        coarse sand
        
        fine sand
        
        silt
        
        clay particles
        
        micelles
        
        field capacity
        
        water availability
      - chemical
        
        alters soil chemistry
  - - - low pH
        
        acidic
        
        4-5
        
        low protons
        
        acid rain
        
        accelerates cation exchange
        
        dead river/lake
        
        eutrophication
      - high pH
        
        basic
        
        alkaline soils
        
        9-10
        
        high protons
  - - - fungi
      - prevent plants absorption
        
        phosphorus
- - - - ammonium
      - reducing agents
        
        flavin adenine dinucleotide
        
        nitrate reductase
        
        nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
        
        nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
  - - - glutamate
        
        amino group
      - transamination
  - - - nitrate
    - - fertilizer
    - - cyanobacteria
      - nitrogen fixing bacteria
      - nitrogenase
        
        reduces nitrogen
  - - - nitrification
      - oxidize ammonium
        
        nitrite
      - reduce nitrite
        
        denitrification #
  - - - ferns
      - flowering plants
      - mutualistic
      - animal living space
        
        domatium
- - - - protein body
      - phytin
    - - in central vacuoles