A Climatological Study on Water Availability to Crops in Different Types of Soils in Gulbarga Region

The ratio of actual evapotranspiration to the potential evapotranspiration (AE/PE) represents the rate at which water is supplied compared to the demand for water. Therefore, the probabilities of the ratio AE/PE were worked out using a simple climatic water balance model in case of red sandy soils, laterite soils, medium black soils and deep black soils found in Gulbarga region. Based on the study, it was found that red sandy soils, laterite soils and medium black soils are suitable for kharif crop production and deep black soils are suitable for double cropping with fairly good chances of taking rabi crops.