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Agriculture · Q79

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 79

Q79

The Fe-chelate suitable for application to crops grown on calcareous soils is

A.
Fe-EDTA
B.
Fe-EDDHA
Answer
C.
Fe-DTPA
D.
Fe-HEDTA

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Fe-EDDHA is the Fe-chelate suitable for application to crops grown on calcareous soils. This chelated iron helps in correcting iron deficiency in flowers, vegetables, shrubs, and trees.
EDDHA is a chelate that protects nutrients against precipitation in a wide pH range of 4 - 9. And the availability of iron to plants is reduced through preci[piatation of iron at high pH, or by high concentrations of phosphorus.