Please find the table of main crops grown, season, climatic conditions, soil required and distribution
below:
Crop Temperature and Soil States Main Features
Rainfall Rice Rice requires high Alluvial, fertile W. Bengal, Uttar Main staple crop; Kharif temperature above 250C clayey and loamy Pradesh, Andhra second largest and high rainfall above soil Pradesh, Punjab, producer next to 100 cm. Tamil Nadu, Odisha China and Bihar Wheat It requires cool growing Well drained Punjab, Uttar Second important Rabi season at the time of Alluvial and loamy Pradesh, Haryana, crop of India ripening. About 50 - 75cm soil and black soil Rajasthan and grown in north of rainfall is ideal for Madhya Pradesh are and North western wheat cultivation five leading India; fourth producers of wheat largest producer in the country. in the world Jowar It grows well in It can be grown on Maharashtra, Coarse grain; Kharif temperature ranging red, grey and Madhya Pradesh, Rich in fiber, between 270C to 320C. It yellow loamy soil. Karnataka, Andhra calcium and iron grows in arid and It can also be Pradesh, Tamil semi-arid regions grown on sandy Nadu, Gujarat and receiving rainfall under soils. Rajasthan. 45cm Bajra It requires temperature Red soil, sandy Rajasthan, Gujarat, Same as above Kharif ranging between 250C to loamy and black Uttar Pradesh, 300C and low rainfall, can soil Punjab and be grown on regions Haryana. receiving less than 50cm of rainfall. Ragi It requires temperature Red and sandy Karnataka (leading Same as above Kharif between 200C to 300C. loamy soil and well producer), Tamil Rainfall: 50-100cm drained alluvial Nadu, Uttarakhand, rainfall. soil Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Maize 21o to 27o C and rainfall - Old alluvial soil Karnataka, Uttar Used as both food Kharif 60 to 100 cm Pradesh, Bihar, and fodder crop; Andhra Pradesh, production Telangana, Madhya increased with Pradesh HYV seeds, fertilizers etc. Pulses Temperature ranging It grows well on Madhya Pradesh, Main source of Kharif between 200C to 300C and dry light soil. Maharashtra, Uttar protein and grown rainfall between 50 to Pradesh, Rajasthan as crop rotation as 75cm is required. and Andhra Pradesh they are leguminous crops Cotton The cotton plant requires Well drained Maharashtra, Kharif high temperature ranging alluvial soil and Gujarat, Andhra Requires 6 to 8 between 210C to 270C. clayey black soil Pradesh, Punjab, months to mature; well distributed rainfall Haryana, Tamil and 210 frost free days Nadu and Madhya Pradesh Jute It requires temperature New alluvial soil West Bengal Known as golden Kharif ranging between 270C to found in flood (leading producer),fiber; drains soil 340C and annual rainfall plains and deltas Assam, Bihar, nutrients and thus of 170 to 200cm. of rivers Odisha and Uttar requires renewed Pradesh alluvial soil. India is the Second largest producer Sugarcane Temperature: Rich well drained Maharashtra,3333 India is the second Kharif experiencing between 210C alluvial and lava Uttar Pradesh, Tamil largest producer to 270C soil Nadu, Andhra next to Brazil Rainfall: 75-150 cm (well Pradesh, Haryana distributed throughout the year). Tea Warm and moist free well drained loamy Assam, West Bengal India is the largest climate; Rainfall: well soil and forest soil (Darjeeling), Tamil producer distributed throughout the rich in iron and Nadu, Kerala and year. porous sub soil (Nilgiri Hills). Himachal P Coffee Temperature: 180C to Rich well drained Karnataka, Kerala India grows 280C. friable loamy soil and Tamil Nadu. Arabica variety; Rainfall: between 125cm on hills and red Indian coffee is to 200 cm and laterite soil known for its good quality. Rubber Temperature: above 250C deep, well drained Kerala, Tamil Nadu, India is the fourth Rainfall: above200 cm alluvial and Karnataka, Garo largest producer laterite soils hills of Meghalaya, of rubber in the Assam, Andaman world and Nicobar Islands.
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