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Which are limiting nutrients for plant growth?
water and nitrogen
nitrogen and carbon
carbon and phosphorus
phosphorus and nitrogen

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phosphorus and nitrogen

These two are the most common limiting nutrients for plant growth — nitrogen is needed for proteins and chlorophyll, phosphorus for nucleic acids, ATP and membranes. Carbon (as CO2) is generally abundant and water is an abiotic resource rather than a nutrient.