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Sunflower can be grown on a wide range of soils and tolerates a moderate pH range and some salanity. It thrives best on deep loam soils with good drainage and irrigation facilities.The optimum range of soil pH for this crop is 6.5 to 8.5. It performs better than groundnut in heavy black cotton soils of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.