PLANTMICRO FOR COMPLETE NUTRITion

Micronutrients are needed for optimal plant growth.  PLANTMICRO Micronutrient formula provides all necessary micronutrients for a healthy and productive plant.  Micronutrients include the following elements:

· Copper (Cu)​

· Boron (B)​

· Iron (Fe)​

· Zinc (Zn)​

· Molybdenum (Mo)​

Micronutrients are not of lesser importance than macronutrients.:  If any micronutrient is deficient, the growth of the entire plant will not reach maximum yield.​

· Essential element for plant growth.  Without adequate copper, plants will fail to grow properly. ​

· Key to the formation of chlorophyll and required in the process of photosynthesis.​

· Essential in several enzyme systems ​

· Activates some enzymes in plants which are involved in lignin synthesis. ​

· Essential in plant respiration ​

· Assists in plant metabolism of carbohydrates and proteins ​

· Plays an important role in nitrogen utilization ​

· Serves to intensify flavor and color in vegetables and color in flowers ​

· Copper deficiency in soils has been correlated to lodging in cereal crops, mainly because copper is a nutrient involved in lignification or straw strength, which determines the standability of the plant. ​

· Low copper can also cause increased disease, increases in ergot and melanosis, twisted flag leaves and an increase of aborted seeds in the head. ​

· Inadequate levels of copper can lead to poor growth, delayed flowering, and plant sterility. 

• Of the micronutrients, iron is needed in the greatest quantity ​
• Iron is a constituent of several enzymes and some pigments. ​
• Plays a critical role in metabolic processes such as DNA synthesis, respiration, and photosynthesis. ​
• Many  metabolic pathways are activated by iron and it is a prosthetic group      constituent of many enzymes. 
• Iron plays a significant role in various physiological and biochemical pathways      in plants. It serves as a component of many vital enzymes such as cytochromes of the electron transport chain, and it is thus required for a wide range of biological functions. ​

             In plants, iron is involved in the synthesis of chlorophyll and is essential for the 

             maintenance of chloroplast structure and function. Without iron a plant can’t 

              produce chlorophyll, can’t get oxygen and won’t be green. ​

• Assists in nitrate and sulfate reduction and energy production and      enzyme functions within plants ​
• Helps to carry important elements through a plant’s circulatory system such      as oxygen. 

• In plants, zinc is a key constituent of many enzymes and proteins.​
• Crucial to  plant development, as it plays a significant part in a wide range of      processes such as growth hormone production and      internode elongation. ​
• Zinc  activates enzymes that are responsible for the synthesis of certain proteins.  ​
• Used in the formation of chlorophyll and some carbohydrates​
• Involved in conversion of starches to sugars ​
• Its presence in plant tissue helps the plant to withstand cold temperatures.  ​
• Zinc is essential in the formation of auxins, which help with growth regulation and stem elongation. ​
• Zinc deficiency is probably the most common micronutrient deficiency in      crops worldwide, resulting in substantial losses in crop yields and human      nutritional health problems. ​
• Symptoms of zinc deficiency include one or some of the following: ​stunting - reduced height, interveinal chlorosis, brown spots on upper leaves and distorted leaves 

• Molybdenum is the only micronutrient that is mobile within the plant. ​
• In plant growth, it helps in the nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur cycles. ​
• Molybdenum  is an essential component in two enzymes important for  nitrogen fixing and nitrogen reduction (nitrogenase and nitrate      reductase), that convert nitrate into nitrite (a toxic form of nitrogen) and then into ammonia before it is used to synthesize amino  acids within the plant.  ​
• It is also needed by symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria in legumes to fix      atmospheric nitrogen.
• Plants also  use molybdenum to convert inorganic phosphorus into organic forms in      the plant. ​
• In the absence of enough of the mineral, leaves turn pale and eventually die, flowers fail to form and some plant species experience malformed leaf blades in a condition called whiptail. ​
• Sandy   soils and acidic soils contain less available molybdenum for plant  growth. ​