Nutrient resorption

In plants, nutrient resorption is a process in which nutrients are withdrawn from senescing plant tissues.{{Cite journal|last=Killingbeck|first=Keith|date=1996|title=Nutrients in senesced leaves: keys to the search for potential resorption and resorption efficiency|journal=Ecology|volume=77|issue=6|pages=1716–1727|doi=10.2307/2265777|jstor=2265777|bibcode=1996Ecol...77.1716K }} It acts as a nutrient conservation mechanism.{{Cite journal|last1=Brant|first1=Amber N.|last2=Chen|first2=Han Y.H.|date=2015-09-03|title=Patterns and Mechanisms of Nutrient Resorption in Plants|journal=Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences|language=en|volume=34|issue=5|pages=471–486|doi=10.1080/07352689.2015.1078611|bibcode=2015CRvPS..34..471B |s2cid=83968442 |issn=0735-2689}} It is influenced by several environmental and physiological processes.