Black soil is suitable for cotton cultivation due to [[1]]

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●        Because of their clayey nature, black soil is much required for growing cotton.
●        Cotton cultivation requires high moisture retention.
●        Black soils are very fine-grained and dark, contain a high proportion of calcium and magnesium carbonates, and are highly argillaceous.
●        When wet, they are very tenacious of moisture and exceedingly sticky.
●        They have a high abundance of iron and fairly high quantities of lime, magnesia, and alumina. Black soils are poor in nitrogen, phosphorus, and organic matter.
●        The soils are generally rich in the montmorillonitic and beidellitic groups of clay minerals.
●        It is most suitable for the growth of cotton.
●        It is also known for its cotton soil as a reason.
●        It is found in the lava plateaus and the Deccan trap that includes plateaus of Maharashtra, Saurashtra, Malwa, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh and extends in the South-East direction along the Godavari and Krishna valleys.
●        This is because it is deep and clayey and it swells when it is wet and contracts when dry.
●        Therefore it develops wide cracks during the summer.

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