Exam 35: Plant Nutrition

Which element is considered an essential micronutrient for plants?

Most plants would grow best in a soil with ____.

The surfaces of clay particles in soil ____.

Mycorrhizae, present for most plant species, generally do not help roots with the uptake of ____.

What macronutrient is rarely deficient?

Which characteristic is not true for an essential element?

The most common limit to plant growth is a lack of ____.

A square meter of fertile soil contains trillions of bacteria.

Harrison and van Buuren identified a phosphate transport protein in Glomus , which is a ____.

A soil with roughly equal amounts of humus, silt, clay, and sand is called a ____.

Epiphytes are non-parasitic plants that grow on other plants.

The ____ horizon extends to the underlying bedrock, and consists of mineral particles and rock fragments but generally no organic material?

The process in which NH₄⁺is oxidized to NO₃^-is called ____.

What element is considered an essential macronutrient for plants?

What is the potential significance of root exudates?

Inadequate drainage can lead to a buildup of excess salts in the soil.

What element is considered an essential macronutrient for plants?

Plants having the ability to take up organic nitrogen are most likely to be found in the ____.