TREES AND CROPS SUITED FOR PROBLEM SOILS
Crops
Soils
Tree sp.
Saline soils
Saline Soils
Casuarina , Prosopis juliflora, Acacia nilotica, Terminalia arjuna, Butea monosperma, Eucalyptus, Achres sapota and Glyricidia
Paddy, Ragi, Sunflower, Sorghum, Green manure.
Alkaline soils
Sesbania. Dalbergia, Prosopis, Albizzia, Neem, Pongamia, Glyricidia.
Rice, Cotton, Millets, Medicgo, Berseem, and Sugar cane
Acid soils
Eucalyptus, Teriticornis, Mango, Guava, and Anilotica sp.,
Paddy, Wheat, Sorghum, Cotton, Vegetables and Sugarcane
Water Logged Soils
Terminalia arjuna, jamun, bamboo
Spontaneum, Vetiver
Calcareous soils
Acacia Leucopholea, Swietenia sp. Tamarind,
Paddy, Sorghum, Sugar cane and Castor
Gravel soils
Acacia planifrons, A.lebbeck and Dalbergia sp.
Sorghum, Castor and other millets
| 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 |
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