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What is the role of calcium in plant growth?
What is the role of calcium in plant growth?
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Plant growth: It could be defined as the increasing of plant volume and/or mass with or without formation of new structures such as organs, tissues, cells or cell organelles.
Role of calcium in plant growth:
- Calcium is a macronutrient which is essential element needed by plants in more than 1mg/g dry matter by quantity.
- Calcium is used as a calcium pectinate to form the middle lamella in the cell wall for the metabolism of lipids.
- It is also involved in the enlargement and division of the cell.
- Calcium participates in the translocation of carbohydrates and also activate enzyme action in plants.
Plant growth: It could be defined as the increasing of plant volume and/or mass with or without formation of new structures such as organs, tissues, cells or cell organelles.
Role of calcium in plant growth:
- Calcium is a macronutrient which is essential element needed by plants in more than 1mg/g dry matter by quantity.
- Calcium is used as a calcium pectinate to form the middle lamella in the cell wall for the metabolism of lipids.
- It is also involved in the enlargement and division of the cell.
- Calcium participates in the translocation of carbohydrates and also activate enzyme action in plants.
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