Assertion : Plants absorb sulphur in the form of sulphate ions.
Reason : Sulphur bacteria are required for the formation of sulphate.
If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
If assertion is true but reason is false
If both assertion and reason are false
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If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
Organic sulphur is made available to the plant through biological oxidation through the activity of certain microorganisms. Sulphur is transformed from the organic form to the sulfate ion, the form of sulphur that higher plants absorb. Soil microorganisms oxidize not only organic sulphur but also sulphide minerals such as ferrous sulphide. The elemental sulphur is then oxidized to sulphate by sulphur bacteria.
