Mineral Nutrition Question 8

8. Which one of the following is correctly matched?

(a) Passive transport of nutrients - ATP

(b) Apoplast - Plasmodesmata

(c) Potassium - Readily immobilisation

(d) Bakane of rice seedlings - F. Skoog

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Answer : c

Hints & Solution

(c) Potassium immobilisation is the conversion of water soluble potassium into water insoluble form. Readily available potassium constitutes about $1 %$ of total potassium available in soil, whereas slightly soluble potassium accounts for about $98 %$.