Attempts to leach the excess salts from a saline-sodic soil resulted in a marked reduction of crop yields.To what is this most likely due?
A) deficiency of iron and manganese
B) increase in percentage sodium saturation
C) removal of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions from the exchange complex
D) increase in the soil pH
E) increase in the Al3+ concentration
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