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Land Suitability Classification for Soils of Kannur Micro Water Shed in Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka


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1 Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
2 Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur (A.P.), India
3 ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Science and Land Use Planning, R.C. Bengaluru, India
     

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The process of land suitability classification is the appraisal and grouping of specific areas of land in terms of their suitability for defined uses. an investigation was carried out for. To evaluate the soils of the micro watershed for land suitability for important crops like ragi, wheat, maize, Bengal gram and cotton. All soils are highly suitable for ragi crop, marginally suitable for Bengal gram, moderately suitable for maize crop and moderately suitable for cotton crop. The land suitability classes in the study area for ragi, Bengal gram, maize and cotton viz., S1, S3, S2 and S2, respectively.

Keywords

Land Suitability, Watershed, Pedons.
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Authors

M. Ravindranaik
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
V. Siva Parvathi
Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur (A.P.), India
K. S. Anilkumar
ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Science and Land Use Planning, R.C. Bengaluru, India
A. Natarajan
ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Science and Land Use Planning, R.C. Bengaluru, India

Abstract


The process of land suitability classification is the appraisal and grouping of specific areas of land in terms of their suitability for defined uses. an investigation was carried out for. To evaluate the soils of the micro watershed for land suitability for important crops like ragi, wheat, maize, Bengal gram and cotton. All soils are highly suitable for ragi crop, marginally suitable for Bengal gram, moderately suitable for maize crop and moderately suitable for cotton crop. The land suitability classes in the study area for ragi, Bengal gram, maize and cotton viz., S1, S3, S2 and S2, respectively.

Keywords


Land Suitability, Watershed, Pedons.

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