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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 308

Q308

The concept of Q/I relationship was developed by

A.
Mitscherlich
B.
Beckett
Answer
C.
V. L. Chopra
D.
Schofield

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Beckett 1964 has developed the concept of the Q/I relationship.
K is potassium ions here in the soil solution and I is the Intensity factor while Q is the Quantity factor.
As per this concept, K+ in the soil solution to the changes in exchangeable K+ in the soil thus, a develop a Quantity - Intensity (Q/I) relationship for predicting the K availability to plants.