To understand how plants carry out their vital functions, it is necessary to be familiar with the features of plant bodies, organs, tissues, and cells.
Water is essential for plant life, starting from seed germination to growth into a mature plant.
6 Chapter 5 Mineral Nutrition Plants require a host of mineral nutrients for their growth. 9 Chapter 11 Respiration Oxygen is required for germination and growth. Light energy is absorbed by pigments in chloroplasts and used for energy to build and maintain growth and for increasing plant biomass. Electron transport and ATP formation. C4 and CAM plants evolved mechanisms to fix CO 2 more efficiently.