Question

Dark colour soil with high water holding capacity is considered highly productive as it contains

Answer 1

As it consists all 17 nutrients. hence. ..black soil is necessary

Answer 2

Dark color soil has good water holding capacity because it contains 30% sand, 60 % silt and 10% clay sized particles. The presence of silt loam in soil means it contain more nutrients than the sandy soil. It has good water holding capacity, better drainage and infiltration of water. Soil which contains loam is beneficial for growing different varieties of plant.