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Chemical properties(cont)

• 2- Nitrogen-containing nutrients or fertilizers …..(size of plants
and alkaloid production).

• 3- Effect of K+ on alkaloid production.
There is an increase in certain alkaloidal bases in some plants
grown on a K+ - deficient medium.

There is an increase in putrescine production in Barley grown on a
K+ - deficient medium.
The alkaloidal base is formed to act as a substitute for K+.

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