Question: Which crop is most likely to experience a condition called "gleying" due to its growing environment?
Options:
Rice
Maize
Cotton
Wheat
✅Explanation:
Gleying is a soil condition that occurs in waterlogged or poorly drained soils, where oxygen is limited, leading to the reduction of iron and other compounds, giving the soil a blue-gray appearance. Rice is most likely to experience gleying because it is typically grown in flooded conditions (paddy fields), which create an anaerobic (low oxygen) environment conducive to gleying.
Gleying is a soil condition that occurs in waterlogged or poorly drained soils, where oxygen is limited, leading to the reduction of iron and other compounds, giving the soil a blue-gray appearance. Rice is most likely to experience gleying because it is typically grown in flooded conditions (paddy fields), which create an anaerobic (low oxygen) environment conducive to gleying.