Soil and Nutrients Practice Problems
Assume you fill a pot with 45 kg of soil, plant a 1 kg sapling in it, and simply water it on a regular basis. After five years, the soil and plant weights were 44.97 kg and 37 kg, respectively, as determined by you. Based on this observation, which of the following do you believe is responsible for most of the additional 36 kg in the plant?
Monotropa (ghost plant) is a parasitic plant that lacks _________ and obtains its nutrition from fungi that are closely associated with its roots.
Which of the following will have an effect on plant growth?
Identify the incorrect statement about limiting nutrients.
Which of the following ions bind to clay particles, thereby preventing them from being leached out of the soil?
What is the purpose of ion exclusion mechanism in plants?
Which of the following is responsible for generating an electrochemical gradient that aids in nutrient acquisition in plants?
The maximum surface area for the absorption of materials in the root is provided by:
How are anions like NO3- able to enter root hairs despite their electrochemical gradient?
Which one of the below options is not a known issue that occurs as a result of intensive irrigation?
What happens to the pH of soil after a cation exchange?
The plants grown in soil rich with humus show dark green leaves while plants grown in soil without humus have yellow toned leaves. All of the following statements regarding these two groups of plants are true except
Which one is not true regarding mobile nutrients
Most crops usually face the deficiency of which nutrient?
Intensive irrigation is considered harmful to plants because it leads to:
Which one of the following statements is not true regarding micronutrients?