In plants, nutrient resorption is a process in which nutrients are withdrawn from senescing plant tissues.[1] It acts as a nutrient conservation mechanism.[2] It is influenced by several environmental and physiological processes[2].[3]

References

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  3. ^ Killingbeck, Keith T. & Tainsh, Ryan (June 2002). [https://bioone.org/journals/northeastern-naturalist/volume-9/issue-2/1092-6194(2002)009%5b0213%3aDLSIRO%5d2.0.CO%3b2/DOES-LEAF-SIZE-INFLUENCE-RESORPTION-OF-NUTRIENTS-FROM-SENESCING-LEAVES/10.1656/1092-6194(2002)009[0213:DLSIRO]2.0.CO;2.short "Does Leaf Size Influence Resorption of Nutrients From Senescing Leaves?"]. Northeastern Naturalist. 9 (2): 213–220. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2002)009[0213:DLSIRO2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 1092-6194