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CROPS OF UTTAR PRADESH AND UTTARAKHAND
TOPIC CROPS OF CROPS OF NORTHERN/SOUTHERN
WESTERN/EASTERN UTTARAKHAND UTTAR PRADESH Name of the Crop? In western/eastern Uttar In northern/southern Uttarakhand the Pradesh the main crops main crops grown are Basmati rice, grown are rice, cotton, jute, wheat, soybeans, groundnuts, coarse arhar, bajra, groundnut, cereals, pulses, oil seeds, apples, maize, pigeon pea, sorghum, oranges, pears, peaches, lychees, plums pearl millet, moong beans, and maize. wheat, Bengal gram, green Sugarcane is the main cash crop. peas, rapeseed, mustard and lentil. Uttar Pradesh ranks first in the terms of production of sugarcane in the country. Uttar Pradesh ranks 2nd in India in the production of rice after West Bengal. Soil used to grow the In Uttar Pradesh Alluvial Generally five main types of soil are Crop? soil is used. used in Uttarakhand Quartzite soil, Volcanic soil, Brown soil, Alluvial soil and Tertiary soil. PH value of Soil? The PH value of alluvial soil The PH value of Quartzite soil 5.5 to 6.0; is 7.5 to 8.0. Volcanic soil is 5.5 to 7.0; Brown soil is 5.0 to 6.5; alluvial soil is 7.5 to 8.0 and Tertiary soil is 5.0 to 7.0 Type of rain required to Rainfall is adequate with a Rainfall is adequate with a normal of grow the Crop and PH normal of 1,025 mm. 1,278 mm. PH value of acid rain is 5.0 PH value of acid rain is below 5. value of acid rain? to 5.5. Method of asexual Generally stem tuber, Generally stem tuber, Runners, corms, reproduction/Vegetative corms, grafting, cutting, underground stem, bulbs, grafting, layering etc , cutting, etc , natural/artificial vegetative Propagation to grow the natural/artificial vegetative reproduction methods are used. crop? reproduction methods are used. Picture of the Crop?