Questions:

1. What are plant growth factors? How can it be classified?
2. What are macronutrients? Name them.
3. What are micronutrients? Name them.
4. What are environmental plant growth factors? Give example.
5. What are short day plants? Give two examples of short day plants.
6. What are long day plants? Give two examples of long day plants.
7. What are day neutral plants? Give two examples of day neutral plants.
8. flower in response to short periods of night darkness.
1. Short day plants
2. Long day plants
3. Day neutral plants
9. What are nutritional plant growth factors? Classify each of them in details.
10. What are macronutrients? Describe the function of each of the macronutrients.
11. What are micronutrients? Describe the function of each of the micronutrients.
12. Describe the role of water in plant growth.
13. What are environmental plant growth factors? Describe each factor in details.
14. Describe how the effect of light can contribute to the growth of plants.

 

References:

• Taiz, L. and Zeiger, E. (2002). Plant Physiology. Sinauer Associates.
• Bouma, D. (1983) Diagnosis of mineral deficiencies using plant tests. In Inorganic Plant Nutrition (Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, New Series, Vol. 15B), A. Läuchli and R. L. Bieleski, eds., Springer, Berlin, pp. 120–146.
• Brady, N. C. (1974) The Nature and Properties of Soils, 8th ed. Macmillan, New York.