Black soil is largely concentrated in the Saurashtra and Kutch areas of Gujarat which is best suited for cotton cultivation which is a major crop in the state. The sticky consistency of black soil ...

Bacterium malvacearum, the causative agent of ‘black-arm’, or angular leaf-spot disease of the cotton plant ... conditioned in large measure by the soil temperature prevailing at the time ...

He’s clipping away at its dark history, trying to change the way Black people view cotton. “I want people to see more of an honest view of what cotton is, not just from a media from movies and ...

In an achievement of sorts, two farmers in Dharwad district have successfully grown rare yellow colour watermelon in black cotton soil which fruit is, otherwise, cultivated in red and loamy soil.