Nagpur mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco), considered as one of the major commercial fruit crops, is grown in hot, dry and sub-humid bioclimatic region of Central India. Area under this cash crop is highest in the state Maharashtra, but low productivity as compared to other citrus-growing states of India is of a major concern. Information regarding the productive suitable areas for this crop cultivation in the state is lacking in order to address the problem. Hence, a study was conducted in Wardha district of Maharashtra to find out the most suitable soil-site characteristics for citrus orchards to enhance the productivity. In the present investigation, inductive modeling approach is used to derive the required properties. The objective was to compare the soil properties with the established suitability criteria for citrus to minimize soil-related constraints and thus to enhance the quantity as well as quality of the produce. The citrus-grown areas were visually interpreted from merged product of IRS LISS-IV and Cartosat-1 image of the study area. The healthy citrus orchard areas were identified based on normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) values derived from LISS-IV image. The layer which contained the information of higher NDVI values with citrus orchards was overlaid on the soil and slope map of the study area to obtain desired soil and slope information. Results revealed that heavy textured clay soils dominated the healthy citrus orchards. Soil reaction was alkaline (11.49 thousand ha) in majority of the areas followed by neutral (1.75 thousand ha) pH. Orchards were mostly located at very gently sloping condition, and in most of the cases, soils were very deep in nature. The study thus revealed the most suitable physical, fertility and chemical properties of soil and other properties like slope for better management of citrus-growing orchards in Maharashtra.

那格浦尔普通话（柑橘网Blanco）被认为是主要的商业水果作物之一，生长在印度中部炎热，干燥和半湿润的生物气候地区。该经济作物的收成面积在马哈拉施特拉邦中最高，但与印度其他柑橘种植州相比，生产力低下是一个主要问题。为了解决该问题，该州缺乏有关适合该作物种植的生产性适宜地区的信息。因此，在马哈拉施特拉邦的瓦尔达（Wardha）地区进行了一项研究，以找出最适合柑橘园的土壤场地特征，以提高生产力。在本研究中，归纳建模方法用于导出所需的属性。目的是将土壤特性与已建立的柑橘适宜性标准进行比较，以最大程度地减少与土壤相关的限制，从而提高农产品的数量和质量。从研究区域的IRS LISS-IV和Cartosat-1图像的合并产品中直观地解释了柑橘生长区。根据以下内容确定了健康的柑橘果园区域源自LISS-IV图像的归一化差异植被指数（NDVI）值。在研究区域的土壤和坡度图上覆盖含有较高NDVI值的柑橘园信息层，以获得所需的土壤和坡度信息。结果表明，厚重的粘土质土壤占据了健康的柑橘园的主导地位。在大多数地区，土壤反应呈碱性（1.149万公顷），然后是中性（1.75万公顷）pH。果园大多处于非常平缓的倾斜状态，并且在大多数情况下，土壤性质很深。因此，该研究揭示了最合适的土壤物理，肥力和化学性质以及其他性质，例如坡度，可以更好地管理马哈拉施特拉邦的柑橘园。