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Agriculture · Q859

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 859

Q859

Which plant nutrient move from soil to the roots by root interaction, mass flow and diffusion in equal proportion

A.
Zinc
Answer
B.
Boron
C.
Sulphur
D.
Iron

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Zinc is the plant nutrient that moves from the soil to the roots by root interaction, mass flow, and diffusion in equal proportion.
Zinc is not mobile in the soil. It tends to stay where it has been placed. Crop-up take is therefore reliant on the plant roots growing intercepting the applied zinc rather than zinc moving in the soil solution to the roots. In some cases, roots may induce zinc deficiency.