CARBON
FUNCTION:
Basic building block of life.
Important in manufacture of sugar during photosynthesis.
Combines with H and O to form carbohydrates for respiration.
Plants use light energy to convert atmospheric carbon (CO2) into biological carbon (simple sugars).
DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS:
Plants take up whatever carbon they need; no carbon would mean death.
PLANT TAKEN BY:
Air. (Absorbed as CO2 from atmosphere during photosynthesis)
DEFICIENCY RECOVERY BY:
No fertilizer