The kandic horizon was introduced in 1987 into the diagnostic criteria used in Soil Taxonomy to overcome the deficiencies of the system when applied to low activity clay (LAC) soils ofthe tropics. Considering available information. ‘kandi’ soils may be presumed to be fairly Widespread in some parts of India where ‘laterite’ and ‘lateritic’ soils exist. The ‘kandi’ concept was applied to the classification of some benchmark soils of India on which published information is available. The resulting classification showed change at Subgroup. Great Group and Order levelsfor Tyamagondalu, Vijayapura and Kunnamangalam series, respectively.
Low activity clay soils, kandic horizon, Soil Taxonomy, tropical soils of India
