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NITROGEN
Nitrogen is an essential component
CHLORINE
Chlorine improves plant productivity,
of amino acids for building proteins, plays a role in plant photosynthesis
nucleic acids, and chlorophyll which and is needed for for osmosis and ionic
converts the sun’s energy into sugars. balance. It can help to minimize water
It is vital for plant metabolism, loss during stressful dry periods and
growth and health. enhance disease resistance.
PHOSPHORUS
Phosphorus is vital for energy storage
and transfer and membrane integrity
in plants. Particularly important in early
growth stages, it promotes tillering,
root development, early flowering
and ripening.
COPPER
Copper plays a key role in nitrogen
and hormone metabolism and is
POTASSIUM
Potassium has major functions in
needed for many enzyme activities
in plants, as well as for chlorophyll
and seed production. Deficiencies can
enzyme activation, transpiration lead to crop failure and increased
and the transport of assimilates susceptibility to diseases such as ergot.
(the products of photosynthesis).
It helps plants to retain water
during droughts, provides strength
to plant cell walls and decreases
susceptibility to diseases
and insects. IRON
Iron is another essential component
for creating chlorophyll and also
serves as a catalyst for cell division
which is central to plant growth.
Many plants also use iron for their
CALCIUM SULPHUR enzyme functions. A lack of iron
results in yellowing leaves and poor
Calcium is needed for biomembrane Sulphur is integral to all living plant fruit quality and quantity.
maintenance. It helps in cell wall cells and helps to produce amino acids
stabilization as an enzyme activator, in involved in chlorophyll production,
osmoregulation, and in the cation-anion
balance and thus also plays important
proteins and vitamins. It contributes
to plant growth and seed formation, MANGANESE
Manganese plays a key role in a
roles in resistance to diseases and improves winter hardiness and helps
abiotic stresses such as drought, plants resist diseases. variety of plant functions including
heat and cold. photosynthesis, enzyme activation,
respiration, and nitrogen assimilation.
Deficiencies can cause weaker
structural resistance against pathogens
MAGNESIUM
Magnesium is central to the production
and less tolerance to drought
and heat stress.
BORON
Boron is required for carbohydrate
metabolism and transport, lignification,
nucleotide synthesis, respiration, and MOLYBDENUM
Molybdenum is used by plants to
pollen viability and plays an important
role in plant cell walls and plant reduce nitrates into usable forms and
metabolism. It has been found to reduce for biological nitrogen fixation by
the severity of many diseases. certain species. Insufficient molybdenum
mean some plants can’t fix nitrogen
from the air to make proteins and can
hinder normal plant growth.
CHLORINE
Chlorine improves plant productivity,
NICKEL
Nickel is important in plant seed
ZINC
Zinc participates in chlorophyll
plays a role in plant photosynthesis germination, photosynthesis, enzyme formation, is needed to activate many
and is needed for for osmosis and ionic functions and nitrogen metabolism. enzymes in plants and is needed for
balance. It can help to minimize water A deficiency affects plant growth, plant immune responses. As a result, it is
loss during stressful dry periods and antioxidant systems and response important for increasing plant resistance
enhance disease resistance. to stress. to diseases and pests.