Standard Methods for Soil, Water and Plant Analysis

Y. V. Singh

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781032877556
• eBook ISBN: 9781040156728
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Agriculture
• Index: Biological Sciences

Written out of the author's experience at the laboratories in the Institute of Agricultural Sciences at Banaras Hindu University, this book addresses the need for identifying and addressing deficiencies in soil, water, and plants. Techniques to evaluate soil fertility constraints based on soil chemical extraction and analysis of the plants that grow on such soils are discussed. This book also presents standard methods from different sources – these have been compiled and adapted for routine analyses in the Indian subcontinent.

This book is aimed at aimed at research scientists, technicians, and students.

Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan or Bhutan)

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1 Soil Analysis
• 2 Physical Analysis of Soil
• 3 Chemical Analysis of Soil
• 4 Biological Analysis of Soil
• 5 Water Analysis
• 6 Physical Analysis of Water
• 7 Chemical Analysis of Water
• 8 Biological Analysis of Water
• 9 Plant Analysis
• References
• Appendix-I Soil Testing Laboratory Soil Test Report
• Appendix-II Some Important Elements, Their Symbol, Atomic Weight and Atomic Number
• Appendix-III Nutrients Contained in Fertilizers
• Appendix-IV Useful Conversion Factors
• Appendix-V Preparation of Some Important Indicator
• Appendix-VI Coarse Fragment Conversion from % by Volume to % by Weight
• Appendix-VII Most probable number (MPN) of organisms present per 100 ml of sample and confidence limits using 5 tubes of 10 ml, 5 tubes of 1 ml and 5 tubes of 0.1 ml.
• Appendix-VIII Most Probable Number (MPN) of Organisms Present per 100 ml of Sample and Confidence Limits using 5 Tubes of 10 ml, S Tubes of 1 ml and 5 Tubes of 0.1 ml
• Appendix-IX Influence of Ph On Soil and Common Acid and Alkalis
• Appendix-X Ph Meter Calibration
• Appendix-XI Electrical Conductivity Meter Calibration
• Appendix-XII Kjeldahl Method For Determining Nitrogen
• Appendix-XIII Irrigation Water Quality
• Appendix-XIV The “Feel” Method for Determining Soil Texture Class
• Appendix-XV Generalized Interpretation of Nutrient Concentrations in Cereal Plant Tissues Sampled at Boot Stage