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Agriculture · Q105

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 105

Q105

'SOLUM' means

A.
Soil
B.
Landscape
C.
Floor
Answer
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The solum (plural sola) in soil science consists of surface and subsoil layers that have undergone the same soil forming conditions.
The base of the solum is un-weathered parent material and it is the upper surface can also be called as ‘floor’.