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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?
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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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