TREES AND CROPS SUITED FOR PROBLEM SOILS
Soils |
Tree sp. |
Crops |
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Saline soils |
Casuarina , Prosopis juliflora,
Acacia nilotica, Terminalia arjuna,
Butea monosperma, Eucalyptus,
Achres sapota and
Glyricidia |
Paddy, Ragi, Sunflower, Sorghum, Green manure. |
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Alkaline soils |
Sesbania. Dalbergia, Prosopis, Albizzia,
Neem, Pongamia, Glyricidia. |
Rice, Cotton, Millets, Medicgo, Berseem,
and Sugar cane |
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Acid soils |
Eucalyptus, Teriticornis,
Mango, Guava,
and Anilotica sp., |
Paddy, Wheat, Sorghum, Cotton, Vegetables and Sugarcane |
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Water Logged Soils
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Terminalia arjuna,
jamun,
bamboo |
Spontaneum,
Vetiver |
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Calcareous soils |
Acacia
Leucopholea,
Swietenia sp. Tamarind, |
Paddy, Sorghum, Sugar cane and Castor |
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Gravel soils |
Acacia planifrons,
A.lebbeck and Dalbergia sp. |
Sorghum,
Castor and
other millets |
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Tolerance of Crops to Salinity and Sodicity
Saline Soils |
Sodic Soils |
Tolerant |
Semi - tolerant |
Sensitive |
Tolerant |
Semi - tolerant |
Sensitive |
Barley
Sugar beet
Rape
Cotton |
Pomegranate
Wheat
Rice
Sorghum
Maize
Sunflower
Potato |
Citrus
Gram
Peas
Groundnut
Lentil
Cowpea |
Rice
Sugar beet
Paragrass
Sugarcane
Cotton
Millets |
Wheat
Barley
Oats
Peas
Maize
Gram |
Groundnut
Cowpea
Lentil |
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