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Agriculture · Q342

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 342

Q342

Relationship between water and fertilizer as production factors in crops is

A.
Additive
B.
Synergetic
Answer
C.
Antagonistic
D.
None of these

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The relationship between water and fertilizer as production factors in crops is Synergetic which means a cooperative mode of relation. Availability and absorption of fertilizer by plants depend upon the presence of water in the soil. Fertilizers provide all the essential nutrients to the plants through the soil and are absorbed and transferred to plants only in the presence of water.