Maximizing Plant Vitality: Micronutrients Unveiled
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MICRONUTRIENTS The Activators
What are micronutrients? • Micronutrients are nutrients needed throughout life in small quantities. • They are dietary minerals needed by the human body in very small quantities as opposed to macro minerals which are required in larger quantities. • Micro nutrients help in these ways: plant vigor, winter hardiness, disease resistance, root development, flowering, uptake of nitrogen, shoot growth, and grain fill.
Boron • Atomic number: 5 • Chemical symbol: B • Element: metalloid • Atomic weight: 10.81 • Atomic mass: 10.811 amu • Other uses: inner plates of a Kevlar vest
Copper • Atomic number: 29 • Chemical symbol: Cu • Element: transition metal • Atomic weight: 63.54 • Atomic mass: 63.546 amu • Other uses: piping
Chloride • Atomic number: 17 • Chemical symbol: Cl • Element: Halogen • Atomic weight: 35.45 • Atomic mass: 35.4527 amu • Other uses: salt
Iron • Atomic number: 26 • Chemical symbol: Fe • Element: transition metal • Atomic weight: 55.84 • Atomic mass: 55.845 amu • Other uses: wagon wheel
Manganese • Atomic number: 25 • Chemical symbol: Mn • Element: transition metal • Atomic weight: 54.93 • Atomic mass: 54.93805 amu • Other uses: war time helmets
Molybdenum • Atomic number: 42 • Chemical symbol: Mo • Element: transition metal • Atomic weight: 95.94 • Atomic mass: 95.94 amu • Other uses: electrodes • Does not decrease in soil as pH increases
Zinc • Atomic number: 30 • Chemical symbol: Zn • Element: transition metal • Atomic weight: 65.39 • Atomic mass: 65.39 amu • Other uses: alkaline batteries
FUN FACTS! • Micronutrients are vital to our health • Soil contains thousands of pounds of micronutrients • Manganese is immobile in soil • Chloride is used in table salt • Deficiencies in humans can lead to serious health problems like blindness and mental retardation