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Question
Give Reasons for the following.
Plants begin to die when the excess of soluble fertilizers are added to the soil?
Solution
Excess application of soluble fertilizers in soil makes the soil solution hypertonic than cell sap, hence exosmosis takes place and plants begin to die.
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