The deficiencies of micronutrients, not only affect the growth of plants but also vital functions such as photosynthetic and mitochondrial electron flow. Among the list given below, which group of three elements shall affect most, both photosynthetic and mitochondrial electron transport?

Step-by-step solution

Iron is mainly available in the ferrous form and it is absorbed in the ferric form, also. It is a part of catalases, peroxidases, cytochromes etc. and plays a role in the electron transport system in photosynthesis. Manganese is absorbed by the plants when it is in the bivalent form. Manganese participates in the photolysis of water in photosystem II during photosynthesis and thus it helps in the electron transport of water to chlorophyll. Copper is absorbed on the clay particles as divalent cations, from where it