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Agriculture · Q120

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 120

Q120

Reclamation disease due to copper deficiency occurs in plants grown on newly reclaimed

A.
Aliisols
B.
Aridisols
Answer
C.
Histosols
D.
All of these

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Reclamation disease is the disorder that affects crops grown on reclaimed land and is caused by the deficiency of trace elements like copper.
Reclamation disease due to copper deficiency occurs in plants grown on newly reclaimed is known as Ardisols. Aridisols are CaCo3 - containing soils of arid regions that exhibit subsurface horizon development.