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  2. Magnesium in biology - Wikipedia

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    Magnesium can also be toxic to plants, although this is typically seen only in drought conditions. [47] [48] Space-filling model of the chlorophyll a molecule, with the magnesium ion (bright-green) visible at the center of the chlorin group. In animals, magnesium deficiency (hypomagnesemia) is seen when the environmental availability of ...

  3. Plant nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Potassium serves as an activator of enzymes used in photosynthesis and respiration. [6] Potassium is used to build cellulose and aids in photosynthesis by the formation of a chlorophyll precursor. The potassium ion (K +) is highly mobile and can aid in balancing the anion (negative) charges within the plant.

  4. Photosynthesis - Wikipedia

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    In general outline, photosynthesis is the opposite of cellular respiration: while photosynthesis is a process of reduction of carbon dioxide to carbohydrates, cellular respiration is the oxidation of carbohydrates or other nutrients to carbon dioxide. Nutrients used in cellular respiration include carbohydrates, amino acids and fatty acids.

  5. Plant physiology - Wikipedia

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    Plant physiology is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants. [1]A germination rate experiment. Plant physiologists study fundamental processes of plants, such as photosynthesis, respiration, plant nutrition, plant hormone functions, tropisms, nastic movements, photoperiodism, photomorphogenesis, circadian rhythms, environmental stress physiology, seed ...

  6. Chlororespiration - Wikipedia

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    Photosynthesis is also a process that Chlororespiration interacts with. [2] If photosynthesis is inhibited by environmental stressors like water deficit, increased heat, and/or increased/decreased light exposure, or even chilling stress then chlororespiration is one of the crucial ways that plants use to compensate for chemical energy synthesis.

  7. Ecosystem respiration - Wikipedia

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    The two main processes that contribute to ecosystem respiration are photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Photosynthesis uses carbon-dioxide and water, in the presence of sunlight to produce glucose and oxygen whereas cellular respiration uses glucose and oxygen to produce carbon-dioxide, water, and energy.

  8. Light-dependent reactions - Wikipedia

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    This is one of two core processes in photosynthesis, and it occurs with astonishing efficiency (greater than 90%) because, in addition to direct excitation by light at 680 nm, the energy of light first harvested by antenna proteins at other wavelengths in the light-harvesting system is also transferred to these special chlorophyll molecules.

  9. Magnesium - Wikipedia

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    Chemical element with atomic number 12 (Mg) Magnesium, 12 Mg Magnesium Pronunciation / m æ ɡ ˈ n iː z i ə m / (mag- NEE -zee-əm) Appearance shiny grey solid Standard atomic weight A r °(Mg) [24.304, 24.307] 24.305 ± 0.002 (abridged) Magnesium in the periodic table Hydrogen Helium Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus ...