Homeostasis in plants. Meticulous notes in chronological order. Contains relevant information present on the exam final.
Covers: the nitrogen cycle, translocation, plants in defense, water, and sugar, transport in xylem and phloem.
why we study plants
Nutrition
farming
using genetic engineering for pest resistance
essential to feedthe evergrowing population ofover 8billion
Homeostasis Regulating the internalenvironment mic roses
to maintain a relativelystable state
Plants controlaspects to maintain homeostasis
temperature
pH
solutes concentration potential
pressure
Plants vs Animal Nutrition
Plants concentrate available nutrients that are present in lowconcentration
Autotrophs synthesis all requiredfood
Atthe primarytrophic level in foodwebs
It filters andonly absorbs whatis essential
absorbs CO2 minerals water etc
Humans cannot syntheze our own methionine
methionine one ofthe essentialaminoacids
used asstartcodon
found in almostall humanproteins
, Essential Elements
nucleic
acids aminoacids
P S
Cast Mgat Feat fest
for
tight forregulationofosmoticwaterpotential
important responsible
Macronutrients
CHO essential
foranylife
N PKS Ca Mg disque ions wat
Micronutrients
Cut CI Ni't very
small amount
used in metabolic reactions
often as catalysts
Micronutrients Macronutrients
Cut CI Nit N P K S Ca Mg
Feat Fest C H O
copper chlorine iron nitrogen Calcium Magnesium
nickel potasian sulfur phosphorus
carbon hydrogen Oxygen
Nitrogen Limitations
NEN triplecovalent bond requires a lot of energy
teak
ygy ofatmosphere a lightning bolt
contains Nz
NEN plantscannot
take and use N
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