why does a plantation required well drained and fertile soil ?
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Soil moisture affects soil fertility directly and indirectly by changing other soil properties. Nutrients are taken up by plants by taking up moisture and by just contact. If soil is dry, some nutrients may be immobilized. If too much water, nutrients may be over-mobilized
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The plantation crops are high value commercial crops of greater economic importance and play a vital role in our Indian economy. The crops include tea, coffee, rubber, cocoa, coconut, arecanut, cashew nut and cinchona etc. the main drawback with in this sector of crop in India is that major portion of the area is of small holding with varying level of soil fertility gradient which hinders the adoption of intensive cultivation.
The vast area and the varied agro-climatic conditions of India ranging from tropical to temperate make it possible to grow almost all different kinds of plantation crops. India is a one of them. Plantation crops play an important role in our country’s economy by earning valuable foreign exchange, providing direct and indirect employment to many people and also by supporting a number of horticultural based industries.