Phosphate Fertilizer Plant

Abstract

The need for phosphorus in plant growth has been known for a long time. But its highly important function was identified only recently, by the discovery that certain high-energy phosphate bonds are involved in the respiratory and photosynthetic processes. These bonds apparently are necessary for the transfer of energy in some of the plant metabolic processes without which the plant would not live. Phosphorus is also necessary for the health of the plant; it is a constituent of nucleic acid, phytins, and phospholipids, and in the early life of the plant contributes to the formation of the reproductive parts. It is also essential to seed formation and is found in large quantities in seed and fruit.