National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, North Eastern Regional Centre, Forhat, Assam, 785013.
* National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, Shankamagar, Amravati Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 440010.
Classical method for identification of clay cutan or argillic horizon in the field has been a matter of uncertainty till 1987 when ‘Kandi’ concept was introduced into the diagnostic criieria in Soil Taxonomy for low activity clay (LAC) soils. With this concept, morphology and soil characteristics of four representative pedons formed on sedimentary parent material in hilly terrain of Manipur were studied. All the four soils showed kandic properties and these were classified as Typic Kanhaplohumult and Typic Kanhapludult.
Kandic horizon, low activity clay soils, Soil Taxonomy, hilly terrain of Manipur
