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JIPMER 2006
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2006
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Mineral Nutrition

JIPMER 2006 · Botany · Mineral Nutrition

Micro-nutrients are :

Micro-nutrients are :

Options

  1. Aless important in nutrition than macronutrients
  2. Bas important in nutrition as macro-nutrients
  3. Cmay be omitted from culture media without any detrimental effect on the plant
  4. Dcalled micro because they play only minor role in nutrition

Correct answer

B. as important in nutrition as macro-nutrients

Step-by-step solution

Micro-nutrients are the minerals/elements which are required in less amount by the plants and thus are present in less quantity in the plants but these are as important as the macro-nutrients. Examples of micro-nutrients iron ( Fe ), manganese ( Mn ), copper (Cu)(\mathrm{Cu}), zinc (Zn)(\mathrm{Zn}), molybdenum (Mo), boron (B) and chlorine (Cl).
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