Only 16 or so elements are truly essential for plant growth. The rest of the elements present in plant tissue are largely taken up in small quantities incidentally (or accidentally!) as plants take up the nutrient elements that they need for growth and reproduction.
Turkey has the largest economy in the region, followed by Saudi Arabia and Iran. Petroleum is the major industry in the regional economy, as more than half of the world's oil reserves and around 40 percent of the world's natural gas reserves are located in the region.
Sulfur is important as a soil amendment chemical to generate and maintain a favored low pH for the acid-loving tea bush. Sulfur brightens the brew Qatar Petroleum's plans to develop Qatar's North Field natural gas resources is expected to make that country one of the world's largest sulfur producer s by the end of the decade and probably the largest single producer in the Middle East, according to industry analysts.