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Standard VI
Biology
The Structure of a Plant
Why plants ca...
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Why plants cannot use atmospheric nitrogen?
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Nitrogen:
Nitrogen is present in the free gaseous state in the atmosphere.
Plants cannot absorb
N
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directly.
But they can absorb nitrogen in form of nitrites and nitrates present in the soil.
Atmospheric nitrogen is converted into usable forms by microbes present in the soil.
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