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Agriculture · Q51

Environmental Science In Agricultural

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 51

Q51

Phosphorus cycle is in the form of

A.
HPO3
B.
P2 (a gas)
C.
PO4-3
Answer
D.
AlPO4

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Phosphorus cycle is in the form of PO4-3.
The phosphorus cycle is the biogeochemical cycle that describes the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.
Phosphorus occurs most abundantly in nature as part of the orthophosphate ion (PO4)-3, consisting of a P atom and 4 oxygen atoms. Orthophosphate (PO4-3), the dominant inorganic P species in nature, is oxidation state (P5+), certain microorganisms can use phosphonate and phosphite (P3+ oxidation state) as a P source by oxidizing it to orthophosphate.