explain the importance of soil for plant growth in 5 points. i will mark as brainliest
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1.. Soil is the backbone of our food security. Without healthy soils, farmers wouldn’t be able to provide us with feed, fiber, food, and fuel.
2. Just like how a foundation for a home is critical, healthy soils act as a foundation for plants by supporting plant roots and keeping plants upright for growth.
3. Soils act as a pantry for plants, storing and cycling essential nutrients and minerals that plants need to grow.
4. Soils store water for plants. In fact, according to the USDA, “every 1% increase in organic matter results in as much as 25,000 gallons of available soil water per acre.” That’s a lot of water!
5. Soils maintain adequate aeration for plants, providing oxygen for microbes, insects and plant roots.
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Soil provides anchorage to plants. It Provides the bese on which all the terrestrial and some aquatic plants grow.
(ii) Soil is the reservoir of water and minerals , essential for all metabolic activities of a plant.
(iii) Grass roots live in the soil, and help it clump together. Soils serve as media for growth of all kinds of plants.
(iv) Soils modify the atmosphere by emitting and absorbing gases (carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and the like) and dust.
(v) Advances in watershed, natural resource, and environmental sciences have shown that soil is the foundation of basic ecosystem function.
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(vi) Soil filters our water, provides essential nutrients to our forests and crops, and helps regulate the Earth's temperature as well as many of the important greenhouse gases.
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