Description
Why is Zinc (Zn) important?:
- Fruit Production and Quality: Adequate zinc availability in the soil is crucial for proper fruit and seed development. Zinc deficiency can lead to reduced fruit production, as well as a decrease in fruit quality and size.
- Stress resistance: Zinc plays an important role in plants’ resistance to abiotic and biotic stress. It helps strengthen cell walls, making plants more resistant to diseases, pests, and adverse environmental conditions such as drought and soil salinity.
- Growth regulation: Zinc plays a role in regulating plant growth by influencing the production of plant hormones, such as auxins, which control processes such as cell elongation, branching, and flowering.
Benefits of nitric nitrogen:
- Immediate availability: Nitrates are easily absorbed by plant roots and can be immediately utilized in metabolic processes, such as protein synthesis and cell growth. This allows plants to respond quickly to nitrate fertilization.
- Mobility in the soil: Nitrates are highly soluble in water and move easily with water in the soil. This means they can reach plant roots more efficiently than other forms of nitrogen, even in soils with low water-holding capacity.
