The credit for identifying the essentality of K, Ca, Mg and P to planta goes to________?
Correct answer: D. C. Sprengel
- A. Shafiq Khalil et al.
- B. Theodore Saussure
- C. Dr. Muhammad Sharif et al.
- D. C. Sprengel
Explanation
C. Sprengel was among the first to establish the essential role of mineral elements such as potassium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus in plant nutrition. Theodore de Saussure is more closely associated with early studies of plant carbon and nitrogen nutrition.
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