IAPRS & SIS, Vol.34, Part 7, "Resource and Environmental Monitoring", Hyderabad, India, 2002 
Table - 4 Weightage of Factors for assessing actual LPI (P) for forest / other trees 
  
SOILS H D P T N S O A M LPI | LPI 
-class 
Loamy sletal Dystric Ustochrepts 70 100 | 60 80 80 100 | 100 | 100 | 85 23 Average 
Loamy skeletal Typic Ustochrepts | 70 80 80 80 100 | 100 | 90 100 | 95 31 Average 
Fine loamy Typic Ustochrepts 70 80 80 90 100 | 100 | 90 95 95 33 Average 
Fine vertic Ustochrepts 70 80 100 | 80 100 | 100 | 90 100 | 100 | 40 Good 
Loamy skeletal Typic Ustorthents 100 | 100 | 20 80 100 | 100 | 90 95 :85 12 Poor 
Loamy skeletal Lithic Ustorthents 100 | 100 | 20 80 100 | 100 | 90 95 85 12 Poor 
Loamy skeletal Typic Haplustolls 100 | 100 | 60 80 100 | 100 | 100 | 95 95 39 Good 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Fine loamy Typic Haplustolls 100 | 100 | 80 100 | 100 [100 1 100 | 05 95 65 Good 
Fine loamy Typic Rhodustalfs 90 80 80 100 | 80 100 | 90 100 | 95 39 Good 
Fine loamy Typic Haplustalfs 70 100 | 60 80 80 100 | 100 | 100 | 95 26 Average 
  
  
  
  
  
  
Loamy skeletal Typic Haplustalfs 70 80 100 | 90 80 100 | 90 100 | 95 34 Average 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Table-5 Actual LPI- P , Potential LPI- P? and Coefficient of Improvement of soil mapping units in the study area 
with respect to crops 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Physiography SMU | Wt-P P-Class | Wt-P^ P" - Class Coefficient of 
LPI LPI Improvement 
1.Structural Hills K11 8 Poor 13 Poor 1.62 
K12 9 Poor 9 Poor 1.00 
K13 12 Poor 15 Poor 1.25 
K14 37 Good 42 Good 1.14 
2.Residual Hills K2 8 Poor 10 Poor 1.25 
3.Piedmont — dissected K31 22 Average | 35 Good 1.59 
4.Piedmont — undissected K32 36 Good 75 Excellent 2.08 
Pediment - cultivated K4 28 Average | 62 Good 2.21 
5.Inselberg K5 13 Poor 16 Poor 1.23 
6.Buried Pediplain K6 31 Average | 81 Excellent 2.61 
7.Lateritic Hill K7 9 Poor 9 Poor 1.00 
8.Intermontane valley K81 38 Good 81 Excellent 2.61 
9.Broad valley — side slopes E321 4.33 Good 81 Excellent 2.61 
Broad valley — bottom K822 | 46 Good 73 Excellent 1.50 
  
SMU - soil mapping unit, LPI - Land Productivity Index, Wt- Weighted, 
Table-6 Actual LPI- P , Potential LPI- P^ and Coefficient of Improvement of soil mapping units in the study area with respect to 
forest / other tree species 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Physiography SMU | Wt-P P-Class | Wt-P' P" - Class Coefficient of 
LPI LPI Improvement 
1.Structural Hills K11 24 Average | 38 Good 1.58 
K12 16 Poor 20 Average 1:25 
K13 29 Average | 37 Good 127 
K14 49 Good 55 Good 1.12 
2.Residual Hills K2 19 Poor 25 Average 1.31 
3.Piedmont — dissected K31 20 Average | 30 Average 1.50 
4.Piedmont — undissected K32 33 Average | 66 Good 2.00 
Pediment - cultivated K4 36 Good 63 Good 1.75 
5.Inselberg K5 20 Average | 29 Average 1.45 
6.Buried Pediplain K6 36 Good 73 Excellent 2.02 
7.Lateritic Hill K7 12 Poor 12 Poor 1.00 
8.Intermontane valley K81 37 Good 64 Good 1.73 
9.Broad valley — side slopes K821 137 Good 64 Good 1.73 
Broad valley — bottom K822 | 36 Good 64 good 1.78 
  
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