Useful practice to manage acid sulphate soil is
A. Use of lime
B. Keeping the soil waterlog
C. Use of gypsum
D. All of the above
Answer: Option B
Solution (By Examveda Team)
Acis sulphate soil is the soil or sediments containing iron sulphides. Iron sulphides are micro-crystalline minerals such as pyrite that have formed naturally in soils where long-term water-logged conditions occur. When it is disturbed by drainage, lowering of water tables, or excavation, oxidation of the sulphides creates sulphuric acid which can trigger a range of flow-on effects.Thus, the useful practice to manage acid sulphate soil is keeping the soil waterlogged.
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