ibps-so 2016 · Question 350 of 394

The soil test report annexed to the crop loan component of the same proposal shows the block to be low in one major nutrient, and the extension o cer has advised that the whole of the recommended dose of that nutrient be drilled with the seed as a basal application rather than top-dressed later, because the element concerned moves very little in the soil and must be placed where the young roots will nd it. He adds that the crop will respond to it in the rst three weeks by a much larger and deeper root system, better anchorage and earlier tillering, and that it is the element chie y credited with the development of the root system, with early maturity and with the lling of the grain. The element to be applied as a basal dressing for the development of the root system is

1. APhosphorusCorrect
2. BNitrogen
3. CPotassium
4. DSulphur
5. ECalcium