3.07 - Plant Nutrition

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Across
  1. 1. A lack of necessary, absorbable elements required to sustain plant growth and development.
  2. 3. This green-pigmented molecule is responsible for absorbing energy so that the light-dependent cycle can continue operation in the stroma
  3. 5. The process of directing a CHO where to go once it has been spit out of the calvin cycle. Potassium is a primary nutrient concerned with regulating this process.
  4. 6. This is the clearest physical symptom of a phosphorus deficiency in plants.
  5. 9. Nutrient deficiencies are common in sandier soils that contain less organic matter because of this. The soluble nutrients are washed away as water percolates through the soil.
  6. 12. These nitrogen-based substances catalyze biochemical reactions in the plant. Regarding photosynthesis, there are a number of them required of which RuBisCO is the most important.
  7. 13. Nutrients needed in large amounts relative to the mass of the plant.
  8. 15. The 0 in a bag of fertilizer labeled 21-0-4
Down
  1. 2. A yellowing of the foliage that indicates an insufficient supply of chlorophyll. Often associated with Nitrogen deficiencies.
  2. 4. The 4 in a bag of fertilizer labeled 21-0-4
  3. 7. Refers to the “fleshy” part of a leaf in between the veins.
  4. 8. These chains of long organic compounds are the building blocks to larger enzymes within a biological system.
  5. 10. Often times plants undergoing this will resemble a K deficiency and begin wilting. However, Calcium helps a crop withstand these conditions by improving the function of the stomata.
  6. 11. Nutrients needed in small amounts relative to the mass of the plant.
  7. 14. The 21 in a bag of fertilizer labeled 21-0-4