Soil-site suitability for six major crops in Telangana Region of Andhra Pradesh

Major soils of Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh were evaluated for their suitability for castor, chickpea, cotton, groundnut, maize and sorghum cultivation using limitation method regarding number and intensity of limitations. The soils belong to Vertisols, Alfisols, Inceptisols and Entisols soil orders. Drainage and texture are the major limitations in Vertic Haplustepts, Typic Haplusterts and Chromic Haplusterts for all the crops. Drainage, texture, coarse fragments, soil depth, pH and organic carbon (OC) are the major limitations for crop growth in all the soils. The limitation levels of the land characteristics varied from crop to crop. The suitability classes can be improved if the correctable limitations (Soil fertility characteristics) are altered through soil amelioration measures.