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Agriculture · Q1002

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 1002

Q1002

Organic carbon is a measure of

A.
Available C in soil
Answer
B.
Available P in soil
C.
Available K in soil
D.
Available Mg in soil

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Total organic carbon is the measure of carbon found in an organic compound and is often used as a non-specific indicator of water quality and also the amount of organic carbon in the soil.
A typical analysis for total carbon measures both the total organic carbon present and the complementing total inorganic carbon.