Question

Why is nitrogen important to flowering plants?

Answer 1

Nitrogen and its importance:

1. Nitrogen is the most commonly used limiting supplement in crop development.
2. Nitrogen is the nutrient that typically enhances the production of crop plants and promotes rapid vegetative development.
3. Nitrogen is part of the chlorophyll molecule, which gives plants their green color and is involved in creating food for the plant through photosynthesis.
4. Lack of nitrogen shows up as general yellowing (chlorosis) of the plant.
5. Nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria(rhizobium) are found in the roots of vegetable plants and capture and transfer nitrogen from the atmosphere to the plant.
6. Nitrogen is added to the soil by manure, animal waste, and plant waste.
7. It is converted to ammonium and nitrate by microscopic organisms in the soil, which plants retain in a cycle known as nitrogen fixation .
8. Nitrogen is responsible for the transport of amino acids, proteins, and DNA.