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.
Some of the known  resources are coal and petroleum.  â¦   Another Answer   The highest-quality natural resource in Antarctica is data that  tells us about the health of planet earth. The continent -- and all  of planet earth south of 60 degrees South Latitude -- is dedicated  to science.