Soils with good water retention capacity with high amount of clay and organic matter are ideal for rice cultivation.
Clay or clay loams are most suited for rice cultivation.
Such soils are capable of holding water for long and sustain crop.
Rice being a semi-aquatic crop, grows best under sub-merge conditions.
Rice is cultivated in almost all types of soils with varying productivity.
The major soil groups where rice is grown are riverine alluvium, red-yellow, red loamy, hill and sub-montane, Terai, laterite, costal alluvium, red sandy, mixed red, black, medium and shallow black soils.
It grows well in soils having a pH range between 5.5 and 6.5.
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