mineral is a chemical element. Some "minerals" are essential for life, but most are not. Minerals are one of the four groups of essential nutrients;...

A nutrient is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow and reproduce. The requirement for dietary nutrient intake applies to animals, plants, fungi...

unidirectional and noncyclic pathway, whereas the movement of mineral nutrients is cyclic. Mineral cycles include the carbon cycle, sulfur cycle, nitrogen cycle...

parasitic or carnivorous plants). Plants must obtain the following mineral nutrients from their growing medium: The macronutrients: nitrogen (N), phosphorus...

usually crops or medicinal plants, without soil, by using water-based mineral nutrient solutions in an artificial environment. Terrestrial or aquatic plants...

unidirectional and noncyclic pathway, whereas the movement of mineral nutrients is cyclic. Mineral cycles include the carbon cycle, sulfur cycle, nitrogen cycle...

A mineral lick (also known as a salt lick) is a place where animals can go to lick essential mineral nutrients from a deposit of salts and other minerals...

geological processes. Mineral may also refer to: Mineral water, water containing dissolved minerals of the sense above Mineral (nutrient), an element required...

Micronutrients are nutrients such as vitamins and minerals required by organisms in varying quantities throughout life to orchestrate a range of physiological...

micronutrients Human nutrition Macronutrient (ecology) Dietary mineral (redirects to Mineral (nutrient)) Silicon § Human nutrition Manganese deficiency (medicine)...

Russian geochemist Vladimir Vernadsky. As a result, he suggested that mineral nutrient availability in a lake limited algal production. This would, in turn...

converting dead organic matter into various nutrient forms. A typical soil is about 50% solids (45% mineral and 5% organic matter), and 50% voids (or pores)...

Earth's elements and minerals (or mineral nutrients) are contained within the tissues and diets of organisms. Hence, mineral and nutrient cycles trace food...

plants, changes osmotic pressure of cells, and enables mass flow of mineral nutrients. When water uptake by the roots is less than the water lost to the...

displaying mineral specimens Mineral evolution – Increasing mineral diversity over time Mineral (nutrient), also known as dietary mineral – Chemical element...

the nutrients derive originally from the mineral component of the soil. The Law of the Minimum expresses that when the available form of a nutrient is...

Deep ocean minerals (DOM) are mineral nutrients (chemical elements) extracted from deep ocean water (DOW) found at ocean depths between 250 and 1500 meters...

can be measured. Root pressure is caused by active distribution of mineral nutrient ions into the root xylem. Without transpiration to carry the ions up...

cells. Mineral nutrient concentration in roots may be 10,000 times more than in surrounding soil. During transport throughout a plant, minerals can exit...

cells that elongate. Then, root hairs form that absorb water and mineral nutrients from the soil. The first root in seed producing plants is the radicle...

(IO− 3), and the various periodate anions. As the heaviest essential mineral nutrient, iodine is required for the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Iodine deficiency...

short descriptions of redirect targets Mineral (nutrient) Essential amino acid Essential fatty acid Essential nutrient Food composition Food pyramid (nutrition)...

sugars or lipids, while the fungus supplies the plant with water and mineral nutrients, such as phosphorus, taken from the soil. Mycorrhizas are located...

interactions of photosynthesis and internal diffusion of water, minerals, and nutrients. At the largest scale are the processes of plant development, seasonality...

Vitamins and minerals in the bran. Put in a vacuum, rice loses all the air it carries within. In a following warm water bath the nutrients become more...

and goitre. Examples of mineral deficiency include, zinc deficiency, iron deficiency, and magnesium deficiency. Mineral (nutrient) Micronutrient deficiency...

medium. Mineral wool is also known as mineral cotton, mineral fiber, man-made mineral fiber (MMMF), and man-made vitreous fiber (MMVF). Specific mineral wool...

sunlight or mineral nutrients. This was originally applied to plant or crop growth, where it was found that increasing the amount of plentiful nutrients did not...

Higher plants require a number of essential nutrient elements for completing their life cycles. Mineral nutrients are mainly acquired by roots from the rhizosphere...

grow from and are dependent on gametophytes for supply of water and mineral nutrients and photosynthate, the products of photosynthesis. Non-vascular plants...