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Standing Crop Biomass

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Standing crop is

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All photosynthetic living forms of an area

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All crop plants in an area

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Dried biomass of all living organisms in the given environment

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Dried biomass of all living organisms in the given environment
Standing crop is a total dried biomass of all living organisms in the given environment. It is the total amount of dried biomass present in an ecosystem. It represents the amount of above-ground plant biomass.
Thus, the correct answer is 'Dried biomass of all living organisms in the given environment.'

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