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Agriculture · Q428

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 428

Q428

Ammonium produced by urea can be absorbed by roots or it can

A.
Change to nitrate
Answer
B.
Go back to urea
C.
Form complexes
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Ammonium produced by urea can be absorbed by roots or it can change to nitrate.
Plants absorb nitrogen in the form of ammonia and nitrate during the assimilation process. When nitrogen nutrients have served their purpose in plants and animals, it is covered back into ammonia and water-soluble ammonium salts by the process of ammonification. And further, bacteria will convert them back into nitrite and nitrate through the process of nitrification.