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P, S, cations & micr
For 330 P, S, cations and micronutrients vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Essential cations | Cations required in large amounts by plants including potassium, calcium, and magnesium. |
| Eutrophic | Nutrient-rich. |
| Macronutrients | Nutrients that are required in large quantities by organisms. |
| Micronutrients | Nutrients that are required in small quantities by organisms. |
| Nutrient limitation | Limitation of plant growth due to insufficient supply of a nutrient. |
| Occluded phosphorus | Unavailable phosphate that is most tightly bound to oxides of iron and aluminum. |
| Oligotrophic | Nutrient-poor. |
| Oxisols | Soil order found in the wet tropics characterized by highly weathered, leached soils with low phosphorus availability. |
| Phosphatase | Enzyme that hydrolyzes phosphate from organic compounds; includes phytase, which hydrolyzes phytate. |
| Phosphate | Inorganic chemical and an ester of phosphoric acid; synonomous with organophosphate, orthophophate. |
| Phytate | A saturated cyclic acid that stores phosphorus in many plant and fungal tissues; synonomus with phytic acid, inositol polyphosphate, |
| Stoichiomety | Calculated amounts of reactants and products involved in balanced chemical equations. |
| Ultisols | Soil order characterized by substantial leaching in a warm, humid environment with limited phosphorus availability. |
| Stoichiomety | Calculated amounts of reactants and products involved in balanced chemical equations. |
| Ultisols | Soil order characterized by substantial leaching in a warm, humid environment with limited phosphorus availability. |