Editing Quinoa (section)

===Soil===
Quinoa plants do best in sandy, well-drained soils with a low nutrient content, moderate salinity, and a [[soil pH]] of 6 to{{nbsp}}8.5. The [[seedbed]] must be well prepared and drained to avoid waterlogging.<ref name="AlternativeFieldCropsManual">{{cite book |title=Alternative Field Crops Manual |date=January 20, 2000 |publisher=University of Wisconsin Extension and University of Minnesota |article=Quinoa |article-url=http://www.hort.purdue.edu/NEWCROP/AFCM/quinoa.html}}</ref>

Quinoa has gained attention for its adaptability to contrasting environments such as saline soils, nutrient-poor soils and drought stressed marginal agroecosystems.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hinojosa |first1=Leonardo |last2=González |first2=Juan |last3=Barrios-Masias |first3=Felipe |last4=Fuentes |first4=Francisco |last5=Murphy |first5=Kevin |last6=Hinojosa |first6=Leonardo |last7=González |first7=Juan A. |last8=Barrios-Masias |first8=Felipe H. |last9=Fuentes |first9=Francisco |date=November 2018 |title=Quinoa Abiotic Stress Responses: A Review |journal=Plants |volume=7 |issue=4 |page=106 |doi=10.3390/plants7040106 |pmid=30501077 |pmc=6313892 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2018Plnts...7..106H }}</ref>