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The best suited soil for potato cultivation is

A. Sandy loam

B. Loamy sand

C. Clay loam

D. Silky loam

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Potato is a starchy tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum and is the root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is perennial and belongs to the nightshade family Solanaceae.
The cultivation of potatoes requires cold and hard winters that kill pests and summers with long sunshine hours for optimum growth. The soil type required for the cultivation of potatoes is Sandy loam soils.

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