Question

Which of the following water comes under echards?

• A. Available to the plant
• B. Whole of the soil water
• C. Amount of water not available to the plant
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is C Amount of water not available to the plant

Amount of water not available to plants is called as echard. It includes hygroscopic water and chemically bound water.

Water present in the capillary spaces between soil particles is available to plants and is called as chresard.

Whole water content of a field is called as hollard. It includes gravitational and surface run off water, chresard and echard water.