Question
Micro-nutrients are
less important in nutrition than macronutrients
as important in nutrition as macro-nutrients
may be omitted from culture media without any detrimental effect on the plant
called micro because they play only minor role in nutrition
Solution
B.
as important in nutrition as macro-nutrients
Micro-nutrients are the minerals/elements which are required in less amount by the plants and thus are present in less quantity in the plants but these are as important as the macro-nutrients. Examples of micro-nutrients iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), molybdenum (Mo), boron (B) and chlorine (Cl).