A Handbook on Soil Analysis

Contents: 1. Collection of representative Soil Sample for soil Testing. 2. Determination of Soil pH and Electrical Conductivity. 3. Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon. 4. Estimation of Available (Mineralizable) Nitrogen in Soils. 5. Estimation of Available Phosphorus in soil. 6. Estimation of Available Potassium in Soil. 7. Estimation of Available Sulphur in Soil. 8. Estimation of Available Micronutrients. 9. Estimation of Available Boron in Soil. 10. Estimation of Gypsum Requirement of Alkali Soils. 11. Determination of Lime Requirement of Acid Soil by Neutralization Methods. 12. Importance of Essential Plant Nutrients. 13. Soil Acidity, Salinity and Alkalinity and its Reclamations. 14. Natural Resource Management. 15. Integrated Plant Nutrient. References. Appendix. Tables. A Handbook on Soil Analysis in written for undergraduate and post- graduate students to learn and perform soil testing for management and reclamation of ill oil to maintain the soil health in respect to physical, chemical and biological properties of soil and its interpretation. It will be useful for teachers, researchers and extension functionaries working in the soil testing laboratories. This book also includes soil sampling and its testing. Soil health card provides the estimation of fertilizers application and its scheduling integrated nutrient Management and its importance in soil quality improvement role and importance of macro and micro-nutrient in quantity and quality of crop production soil salinity alkalinity and acidity along with its reclamation Natural Resource Management role of bio-fertilizer in improving soil health. Quality control in fertilizer soil degradation improvement of soil health for sustainable agriculture vermicompost and its role in improving soil health classification of green manures and role in Improving soil health water management crop rotation. …