After reading this article you will learn about the principles and process of compost manufacture. Principles of Compose Manufacture: Waste plant materials contain nutrients in the form in which plant roots cannot absorb them. Waste plant materials are decomposed by micro-organisms when complex organic form of nutrients like proteins are converted to their respective simple inorganic form in which plant [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the toxicity symptoms of various nutrients in plants:- 1. Iron 2. Aluminum 3. Manganese 4. Copper 5. Zinc 6. Boron 7. Molybdenum 8. Chlorine. 1. Iron: Plant growth is reduced, Roots become thick and brown. Tiny brown spots appear on lower leaves of paddy plant. These spots begin to develop from the [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the forms and behaviour of various nutrients in soil:- 1. Nitrogen 2. Phosphorus 3. Potassium 4. Calcium and Magnesium 5. Sulphur 6. Micronutrients. 1. Nitrogen: Nitrogen basically occurs in the soil in complex organic forms like proteins which are decomposed by proteinase enzymes produced by micro-organisms to amino acids that are further [...]