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Rainfed rice - IRRI books - International Rice Research Institute

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Soil Quality and Land Suitability Classes for Different <strong>Rainfed</strong> <strong>Rice</strong> Ecosystems<br />

Land suitability classes for different rainfed <strong>rice</strong> ecosystems<br />

<strong>Rainfed</strong> unbunded <strong>rice</strong> (upland)<br />

CLASSES<br />

Soil characteristics/<br />

factors Suitable Moderately Marginally Unsuitable but Potentially<br />

suitable suitable potentially suitable unsuitable<br />

Slope (%)<br />

Flooding<br />

Mechanical<br />

Primitive<br />

Natural drainage<br />

Fine texture<br />

Coarse texture<br />

Surface texture/ structure<br />

Surface coarse fragments (%)<br />

Sub-surface texture<br />

Sub-surface coarse fragments (%)<br />

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