At low matric suctions (high moisture content near saturation, $0$ to $0.33\text{ bar}$ / $0$ to $33\text{ kPa}$), water is held primarily in the large capillary macropores and inter-aggregate voids; therefore, water retention is dominated by soil structure (aggregate size, pore size distribution, and bulk density).
At high matric suctions ($\gt 1\text{ bar}$ to $15\text{ bars}$), water is held as thin adsorption films on particle surfaces, governed predominantly by soil texture and specific surface area. (Correct answer: Option 2)
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Assystem of uniform grains in a soil structure is called as
In soil physics and colloidal science, an idealized porous packing model consisting of uniform particles of identical shape and diameter is designated as a monodisperse system.
Natural agricultural soils containing a wide distribution of particle sizes (sand, silt, and clay) are polydisperse systems. (Correct answer: Option 1)
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What is the coordination number of cubic tetrahedral type packing of soil spherical particles?
Apparent Drought (Pseudo-drought): Occurs when crop water stress and failure are caused not by an abnormal deficit in regional rainfall, but by human management error—specifically the wrong selection of crops or long-duration varieties ill-suited to the normal regional agro-climatic growing period. (Correct answer: Option 1)
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