Question

1. Name one food crop and two cash crops which are best suited in black soil.
2. Name the soil known for its self-ploughing quality and capacity to hold moisture.
3. How is red soil formed and what are its characteristics?​

Answer 1

1] Food crops: cotton, cereals etc.

Cash crops: tobacco & sugarcane

2]Black soil

3]Red soil is formed by weathering of old crystalline igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Characteristics :

•Red soil is porous and has high percentage of iron oxide. It is loose and aerated..

•It is seen mainly in low rainfall areas.

•This soil is more sand and less clayey.

•It's porous and friable.

•It's rich in iron and small amt. of humus.

•It's poor in phosphorus, nitrogen and lime.

•Red soil is slightly acidic & it doesn't retain moisture.

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