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Download Solution PDFWhich of the following statements about black soil is INCORRECT?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is It is rich in phosphoric content.
Key Points
Properties of Black Soil
- It is found along the Deccan trap.
- It has a good capacity to hold moisture.
- It develops deep cracks during hot weather.
- It has rich in calcium carbonate, magnesium, potash, and lime but poor in nitrogen and phosphorous.
- It has a clayey texture and are highly fertile the structure of these soils is cloddish or occasionally friable.
- Ti is highly retentive of moisture, extremely compact and tenacious when wet contractible and develops deep wide cracks on drying.
- It has calcareous and neutral to mild alkaline in reaction, high in carbon exchange capacity and low in organic matter.
- It has property of self-ploughing and comparatively less fertile on the uplands than on the lowlands.
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