Role of Zinc in Plant Nutrition- A Review

By B. Hafeez, Y. M. Khanif, M. Saleem. 2013

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Zinc is plant micronutrient which is involved in many physiological functions its inadequate supply will reduce crop yields. Zinc deficiency is the most wide spread micronutrient deficiency problem, almost all crops and calcareous, sandy soils, peat soils, and soils with high phosphorus and silicon are expected to be deficient. Zinc deficiencies can affect plant by stunting its growth, decreasing number of tillers, chlorosis and smaller leaves, increasing crop maturity period, spikelet sterility and inferior quality of harvested products. Beside its role in crop production Zn plays a part in the basic roles of cellular functions in all living organisms and is involved in improving the human immune system, due to its insufficient intake, human body will suffer from hair and memory loss, skin problems and weakness in body muscles.

Subfields: Plant Science, Soil Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Heavy Metals and Pesticides Toxicity in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Human Health Implications (2021, background): “Zn plays a critical role in photosynthetic redox reactions [129].”
• Rhizosphere Engineering With Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms for Agriculture and Ecological Sustainability (2021, background): “Zn-mobilization Zinc is an indispensable micronutrient, required in a small amount for crops to play numerous important functions in their life cycle (Hafeez et al., 2013).”