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Agriculture · Q891

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 891

Q891

An antitranspirant is

A.
Potassium
B.
Phenyl mercuric acetate
Answer
C.
Mercury
D.
Cobalt chloride

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
An antitranspirant is Phenyl mercuric acetate.
Phenylmercuric acetate is an organomercury compound used as a preservative, disinfectant, and antitranspirant.
It is an organomercury compound used as a preservative, disinfectant, and antitranspirant. It kills crabgrass, the seedlings of which are especially vulnerable, but leaves most lawn grasses intact.