Plant nutrition is increasingly important in the development of agriculture, which together with other agrotechnical measures create wide opportunities for obtaining high yields from all agricultural crops. The use of organic and mineral nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers is undoubtedly one of the most important prerequisites for increasing yields and crop quality. In addition to these basic fertilizers, microelements, algae extracts, protein hydrolysates, amino acids, vitamins and others are important. They are especially necessary to obtain good results in modern intensive agriculture and constant stressful situations for plants.
On the accumulated practical and scientific research method in treatment with trace elements, the results show a significant increase in the yield of corn, sunflower and wheat. Therefore, in recent years there has been an increased demand for micronutrients in affordable chelated form. SoGrow micronutrient products are widely used in soil and foliar nutrition of plants, as well as for treating seeds with micronutrients.
The use of micronutrients is more complex than the use of macrofertilizers. When using fertilizers with trace elements, it is essential to observe the established doses, since the difference in the concentration of the given trace element in the soil solution from the deficiency to the harmful excess is small. In addition, different crops differ sharply from each other in their need for micronutrients. On the same soil, some plants may experience an excess and others may experience a deficiency. Therefore, fertilization with trace elements should be applied according to a template, and strictly differentiated according to the biological characteristics of the plants and the chemical analysis of the soil.
According to their main functions in plant nutrition, chemical elements can be divided into three groups: Organogenic or structural elements /Nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen/. Chemical elements regulating the energy potential of plants /Phosphorus, Sulfur Magnesium/ Functional elements mainly necessary for maintaining an optimal physical condition of the colloids in the cell plasma and cell membrane and for the normal functioning of individual enzymes and enzyme systems /calcium, iron, copper, manganese , zinc, cobalt, nickel, boron, molybdenum, etc. These elements mainly belong to the fourth period of the periodic system of chemical elements /only boron is second/. These elements have a common biological significance for plants and animals. Therefore, a number of physiological disorders and pathological disorders in animals are associated with a deficiency, excess or disproportion of trace elements in the tissues. Fruit trees suffer from yellow chlorosis due to iron deficiency, small leaves due to zinc deficiency, yellow spotting due to molybdenum deficiency, spotted jaundice due to manganese deficiency, corky nuts due to boron deficiency.