Question

The process by which the salt content in the soil increases is called as  _______

(a) Engineered biopiling

(b) Soil salinization

(c) Land farming

(d) Bio-sparging

This question was posed to me during an internship interview.

My doubt stems from Management of Coastal Saline Soil in portion Management and Remediation of Problem Soil of Environmental Biotechnology

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) Soil salinization

To elaborate: Soil salinization is a process by which the salt content in the soil increases,  to increase the speed and efficiency of Soil banking method when the space is limited, certain techniques like Engineered biopiling is often used, Bio-sparging is an In-situ technique.