What Is The Relation Of Magnesium And Iron To The Plant Leaves?
There is a direct relation of magnesium to the plant leaves and an indirect relation of iron to plant leaves. The magnesium is an atom important for plant’s life. We know that in our blood iron or haem part of the haemoglobin is important for carrying oxygen. Similarly magnesium is important for carrying visible light at specific wavelengths. The specific wavelength representing different colours present in the visible light spectrum of the solar light. The absorption of light occurs in the chloroplast at specific wavelengths only. The chloroplast is abundant with pigment chlorophyll, responsible for photosynthesis. A chlorophyll molecule has 2 main parts, one is flat, square, light absorbing hydrophilic head, and the other is long, anchoring and hydrophobic hydrocarbons tail. The head is a complex porphyrin ring, which is made up of 4 joined smaller pyrrole rings composed of carbon and nitrogen atoms. An atom of magnesium is present in the porphyrin ring and is coordinated with the ni
