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Web URL(s): | http://www.paceturf.org/member/Documents/0309.pdf Last checked: 10/24/2005 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
| Report |
Author(s): | Gelernter, Wendy;
Stowell, Larry J. |
Author Affiliation: | PACE Turfgrass Research Institute, San Diego, California |
Title: | Interpreting soil test results |
Source: | PACE Insights. Vol. 9, No. 9, 2003, p. 1-4. |
Publishing Information: | San Diego, California: PACE Turfgrass Institute |
# of Pages: | 4 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Soil testing; Nitrogen availability; Nutrients; Soil salinity; Electrical conductivity; Sodium Adsorption Ratio; Solid-phase extraction; Dilution; Macronutrients; Nutrient availability; Cation exchange capacity; Nitrogen; Micronutrients
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Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the idea that there is no one ideal soil. Recommends "that full-scale soil tests, including assessment of soil nitrogen and soil EC levels be conducted at least twice a year". States that "only a fraction of each nutrient present in the soil is truly available to the plant" and describes how soil labs take an accurate measurement of the amount of nutrients in the soil. Discusses the monitoring of soluble soil salts and water-based extractions and describes what to do in the event a lab does not use saturated paste extraction (SPE). Provides alternate methods including dilute water extract procedures to quantify soluble salts. Explains how to read a typical soil test and lists the sufficiency ranges used to interpret the data. Provides equations for correcting deficits. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
See Also: | Other items relating to: Soil Salinity |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Gelernter, W., and L. J. Stowell. 2003. Interpreting soil test results. PACE Insights. 9(9):p. 1-4. |
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