Question

Organic nutrients are called:
(a) fertilizers
(b) manure
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these

Answer 1

Organic nutrients are called  manure

Answer 2

The correct answer is (a) Manure.

Explanation:

• Manure can be defined as a fertiliser which is organic in nature.
• It usually comprises of biological waste products including animal faeces like cow dung, compost and green manure like crop residues, vegetable residues, etc.
• Manure increases the fertility of the soil as nutrients in the form of minerals, salts and hydrocarbons are added into the soil from the waste products.
• Being organic it is also not harmful for the plant or other organisms living in the soil.