BISC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Starch, Water Column, Meiosis
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Plants are immobile cannot move from one location to another. They have to adjust to the environment: plants must be able to obtain nutrients from the surrounding cell. Anions = negative charged easy to absorb by plants. Cations = positive charged harder to head up. Cation exchanged is where h + displaces cations in soil o o o. Macronutrients required at large concentrations: nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, household food plants have n-p-k. To determine nutrient requirements: we can use a hydroponic system (fig. 38. 3) (table 38. 1: regulate water loss, water moves into the roots (osmosis), gets into xylem and moves up the plant to the leaves, water is lost via transpiration through stomata. Creates a transpiration pull : water column is xylem due to hydrogen bonding, water is lost through stomata. 36. 2/37. 10: wax can develop a way cuticle. This reduces water loss: or stomata are embedded in the leaf c)