Location State Agro-ecological Sub Region Climate Soil Type Mean Annual Rainfall (mm) Max. Soil Temperature (°C) Bari Brahmana Jammu & Kashmir Western Himalayas Subhumid Alluvial deep Inceptisols 1180 28 Jodhpur Rajasthan Western Plain Arid Black-medium Inceptisols/ Vertisols 150 47 Arjia Rajasthan Northern Plain Semiarid      Black-medium vertic inceptisols/ vertisols 656 44 Junagadh Gujarat Western Plain Semiarid Medium-deep Vertisols 650 42 Sardar Krishinagar Gujarat Western Plain Arid Desert-very deep Aridisols 550 41 Rewa Madhya Pradesh Central Highlands Subhumid Black-mediumdeep Vertisols 1087 39 Rajkot Gujarat Western Plain Arid Black-medium deep-deep Vertisols 615 42 Akola Maharashtra Deccan Plateau Semi arid Black-medium deep-deep vertic inceptisols/ Vertisols 825 41 Gunegal Andhra Pradesh Deccan Plateau Semi arid Deep Alfisols 850 35 Kadiri Andhra Pradesh Deccan Plateau Arid Black-medium deep Vertisols 450 42 Bijapur Karnataka Deccan Plateau Semi arid Black-medium deep-deep Vertisols 680 42 Ongole Andhra Pradesh Eastern Ghats Semi arid Medium-deep Vertisols/ Alfisols 900 43 Guntakal Andhra Pradesh Eastern Ghats Semi arid Medium-deep Vertisols/ Alfisols 900 42 Maruteru Andhra Pradesh Eastern Ghats Semi arid Deep Vertisols 800 43 Warangal Andhra Pradesh Deccan Plateau Semi arid Medium-deep Vertisols 850 38 Hayathnagar Andhra Pradesh Deccan Plateau Semi arid Deep Alfisols 850 36 Karimnagar Andhra Pradesh Deccan Plateau Semi arid Medium-deep Vertisols 850 44 Solapur Maharashtra Deccan Plateau, Eastern Ghats Semi arid Black-medium deep-deep Vertic/ Vertisols 723 43 Phulbani Orissa Eastern Plateau (Chhotanagpur) and Eastern Ghats Subhumid Red/yellow deep Alfisols 1299 43 Parbhani Maharashtra Deccan Plateau Semi arid Deep Vertisols 850 40 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh Central (Malwa & Bundelkhand) Highlands Semi arid Deep Vertisols 800 42 Jagdalpur Chattisgarh Chattisgarh/Mahanadi Basin Subhumid Red/yellow deep Alfisols 1450 43 Faizabad Uttar Pradesh Northern Plain Subhumid Alluvial deep Inceptisols 1057 40 Udaipur Rajasthan Northern Plain Semi arid Black-medium deep-deep vertic inceptisols/ Vertisols 656 44 Jhansi Uttar Pradesh Northern Plain Semi arid Inceptisols 550 42 Hisar Haryana Western Plain Arid Alluvial-very deep Aridisols 412 41 Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Northern Plain Subhumid Alluvial deep Inceptisols 850 39 Ballowal Saunkhri Punjab Northern Plain Subhumid Red loamy soils 750 40 Kovilpatti Tamilnadu Eastern Ghats Semi arid Black deep Vertisols 743 40 Rajendranagar Andhra Pradesh Deccan Plateau Semi arid Deep Alfisols 850 39 Suryapet Andhra Pradesh Deccan Plateau Semi arid Deep Alfisols 850 44

Table 1: Agro-ecological regions, climatic conditions and their soil types of India used for isolation of fluorescent Pseudomonas spp.