Importance of Zinc in Plant Growth

The Zinc is one of the essential micronutrients require for optimum crop growth and deficiency of Zn, cause varies adverse effect on growth and yield of crops. The Zn deficiency is becoming more critical more than 40 per cent yield losses can have major economical impact on the farmer due to reduce income.

Role of Zinc in Plant

• Zinc in involved in formation of Chlorophyll and carbohydrate.
• Zinc present in several dehydrogenises, proteinese and peptidase enzymes.
• Promote growth hormones (auxin) and starch formation.
• Zn plays very important role for grain formation and nutrition.
• Help in biosynthesis of cytochrome: a pigment and maintain plasma membrane integrity and synthesis of leaf cuticle.