Abstract
Nutrition of plants involves the acquisition of elements from the environment, and the organization and functioning of essential plant nutrients are a consequence of the interaction of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of the plant with the environment. Because of the great complexity of plants, processes involving essential nutrient elements and other elements absorbed by plants vary from relatively slow to relatively fast. Plants require seventeen essential nutrients, and several other elements, such as cobalt (Co), sodium (Na), and silicon (Si) have been found to stimulate the growth of some plants (Epstein and Bloom, 2005). Other elements such as cadmium (Cd) and aluminum (Al) can be toxic and have deleterious effects on processes that have evolved with essential plant nutrients.
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