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Six typical pedons from Eturunagaram division of warangal district were studied for physical, physico-chemical and chemical properties of the area. The soils were shallow to very deep, dark yellowish brown to reddish brown in colour, sand to clay in texture and had varied structure including single grain, granular, sub-angular blocky and angular blocky. The clay content in soils varied from 10.5 to 62.2 per cent. The clay content increased with depth in all pedons. Silt fraction in the soils 5.0 to 28.3 per cent. The sand content in the soils under investigation varied from 15.2 to 84.5 percent. Most of the pedons exhibited more or less an increasing trend in bulk density with depth. These soils were near slightly acidic to moderate alkaline in reaction, non-saline and low to medium in organic carbon. The CEC varied from 4.8 to 49.4 cmol (p + ) kg -1 soil and dominated by Ca +2 followed by Mg +2 , Na + and K + . The soils were low to medium in available nitrogen, low to high in available phosphorus and potassium. Available zinc was deficient to sufficient in all the horizon. The soils were sufficient in available iron, copper and manganese. The soils were classified as Typic Rhodustalfs, Typic Haplustalfs, Typic Haplusterts, Lithic Ustorthents and Vertic Haplustept.

Six typicalPedon's from central and eastern parts of Warangal district, Telangana were evaluated for their suitability to major crops Viz, rice, maize, cotton, chilly and red gram. The suitability classes ranged from highly suitable to permanently not suitable to these crops. Pedon's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 were highly suitable for cotton, rice, maize, chilly and red gram. Pedon 1,2,3,6 where Pedon's 4, 5 were moderately suitable for chilly, maize red gram and marginally suitable for Pedon 1, 5, 6 for different growing five crops. All the Pedon's were not involved in temporarily not suitable and permanently not suitable any crop. Pedon 1 was also classified as marginally suitable for red gram and moderately suitable for rice, maize, chilly and cotton. Highly suitable for cotton due to alkaline P H and higher ESP. Soils are deep to very deep wetness, O.C. P H and CaCo3 content were limitations in all the Pedon's. Texture was limiting factor.

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Six typical Pedon from central and eastern part of Warangal district, Eturunagaram division in Telangana State were evaluated for their suitability to major crops viz, rice, cotton, maize, redgram and chilli. In the study area, 6 pedons samples were collected and characterized. Crop suitability classification was carried our adopting FAO guidelines. The suitability classes ranged from highly suitable to permanently not suitable to these crops. Pedon 1 was not suitable for rice, moderately suitable for maize and chilliess and highly suitable for redgram. Pedon 2 was highly suitable for maize chillieds and redgram slightly suitable for rice cultivation and moderately suitable for cotton cropping. Pedon 3 moderately suitable for cultivationof the irrigated-dry crops maize, cotton, chilli and redgram and highly suitable for rice cultivation due to drainage related constraints. Very severe soil limitations in pedon 4 made it unsuitable to cultivation of arable crops except redgram, for wchih it was slightly suitable. Maize, chilli and redgram cultivation was highly suitable for pedon 5 soils. Pedon 6 was moderaly sutiable for cultivation of the irrigated dry crops and highly cuitable for cultivation of rice crop. Soil constraint analysis was done and remedial measures were also suggested.