Vegetation found in saline soils is termed by _________?

A. Halophyte
B. Hetrophyics
C. Viticphyics
D. Hortiphyics

Submitted by: Zakir Memon

A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores.

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Soils that have more than 20% organic matter are termed as organic soils. These are also called:________?
A. Peat soil
B. solonchalk soil
C. Muck soil
D. Both a and c

Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman
Although some acid soils do exist in the northern mountainous regions of Pakistan (Mansehra, Sawat, Dir). Almost all cultivated soils of the country are ________________, with high base saturation and low organic matter content (generally less than 1%)?
A. Alkaline
B. Very much acidic
C. Calcareous
D. both A & C

Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman
Organic Soils are classified as ____________ and are also known as ____________ soils:
A. Alfisols. fine & coarse textured
B. Histosols, peat & muck
C. Ultisols, Fe & Al rich
D. None of the above

Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman
Organic matter decomposes rapidly in Pakistani soils because of ____________ conditions, that is why our soils generally have < 1% organic matter:
A. High temperature
B. Alkaline
C. Both a & b
D. None of a & b

Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman
The forest soils have lower bulk density than agricultural soils because of their ______ content.
A. High organic matter
B. Low organic matter
C. Both a & b
D. None of these

Submitted by: Adnan
Soils that have more than 20% organic matter are termed as:__________?
A. Organic soils
B. Peat soils
C. Muck soils
D. All of these

Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman
Which compound is mostly used in Pakistan for the reclamation of saline-sodic & sodic soils_________________?
A. Apatite
B. Calcite
C. Dolomite
D. Gypsum
A soil is categorized as saline when EC of saturation extract is______________________?
A. >4dsm-1
B. 0.4dsm-1
D. 0.4 4.0 dsm-1
The suitable species for reclamation of saline & sodic soil is:__________?
A. Casuarina equisetifolia
B. Albizia lebbeck
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above

Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman
What happens when an saline-alkaline soil is reached with water:
A. pH decrease, Ec increase
B. pH & Ec both increase
C. pH increase & Ec decrease
D. None of these

Submitted by: Mir Mehrbiyar