Question

Which of the following process would increase the salt content in the soil?

(a) Engineered biopiling

(b) Soil salinization

(c) Land farming

(d) Bio-sparging

I had been asked this question in a national level competition.

Query is from Microalgal Species for Aquaculture topic in chapter Biotechnological Approaches of Microalgal Culture of Environmental Biotechnology

Answer 1

Right option is (b) Soil salinization

For explanation I would say: 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.