[Avodah] Any opinions on the kashrus of Peng Peng?

hankman hankman at bell.net
Sat May 12 20:49:10 PDT 2012


CM asked:
Anybody familiar with the details of the need (all be it small) for chlorine for cellular metabolism in plant life?


CM responds:
I have since googled about some more and found:

http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/pnm3.pdf 
Chlorine
symbol: Cl; available to plants as the chloride ion, Cl
–
Nutrient functions
• Cl is essential in photosynthesis, where it is involved
in the evolution of oxygen.
• Cl increases cell osmotic pressure and the water content of plant tissues.
• Cl is found in many bacteria and fungi.
• Cl reduces the severity of certain fungal diseases,
e.g., take-all disease of wheat.
Deficiency symptoms (p. 41)
• Chlorosis of younger leaves and wilting of the plant.
• Deficiency seldom occurs because Cl is found in the
atmosphere and rainwater.

Kol tuv

Chaim Manaster
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