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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2021, Volume : 9, Issue : 1
First page : (1) Last page : (6)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8527

Nutrients and Their Importance in Agriculture Crop Production: A Review

Muhammad Danish Toor¹, Muhammad Adnan^2* , Fazal ur Rehman³, Rohoma Tahir⁴, Muhammad Sulaman Saeed⁵ , Ahasan Ullah Khan⁶ and Vikas Pareek^7
1Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, ²Department of Agronomy, ³Department of Plant Pathology,
⁴Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan
⁵Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
⁶Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh
⁷Head & Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Gramin Mahila PG College Sikar, Rajasthan, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: mughal3368@gmail.com
Received: 12.11.2020 | Revised: 27.12.2020 | Accepted: 5.01.2021 

 ABSTRACT

Plant growth and development are directly depended on the source of nutrients. Basically, plants need different type of nutrients which are categories into two groups i.e. macro nutrients and micro nutrients according to their requirements. These nutrients include Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P), Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), Zinc (Zn), Iron (Fe), Boron (B), Sulphur (S), Magnesium (Mg) etc. In the plant body, many nutrients influence biochemical processes as well as provide resistance against diseases and finally disturb the quality of crops. According to fast increasing in the world population and the decreasing trend in yields of crop make food safety a main challenge. That’s why balanced application of nutrients is very important to rise the crop yield and to attain the necessary increase in the production of food. Furthermore, nutrients play a significant role in fertility of soil and make it more productive for the growth of plant. This review article will discuss the recent information that concerning about the nutrients and their use in sustainable agriculture for the growth of plant.

Keywords: Sustainable Agriculture; Biochemical processes; Micro Nutrients; Macro Nutrients; Resistance.

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Cite this article: Toor, M. D., Adnan, M., ur Rehman, F., Tahir, R., Saeed, M. S., Khan, A. U., & Pareek, V. (2021). Nutrients and Their Importance in Agriculture Crop Production; A Review, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 9(1), 1-6. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8527