Practice mode Soil Science

Plants were once said to need sixteen essential nutrients. How many are now recognised as essential?

Correct answer B. 17

Explanation

Nickel was added to the earlier list of sixteen once it was shown to be required for urease activity, giving seventeen essential elements: C, H and O plus fourteen mineral nutrients.

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