From steved@ncatark.uark.edu Thu Jan 15 00:11:41 1998 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 21:43:17 +0000 From: Steve Diver To: sanet-mg@shasta.ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Soils & Testing: Summary of Current Practices Soil Feature/Food Quality and Testing Methods """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Feature Tests """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Mineral/Chemical N-P-K-Lime Base Saturation/CEC LaMotte Cardy Meters (Nitrates-Potassium) Tissue Tests Nitrate test strips pH Meter EC Meter (Electrical Conductivity) ORP Meter (Oxidation-Reduction) Physical USDA Soil Health Test Kit Compaction = Penetrometer Water infiltration Soil aggregation Soil/Sand Separator Organic Matter % O.M. Humus Value Circular Chromatography Potential pH Hydrogen Peroxide Microbial Soil Foodweb analysis Microbial counts and functional groups Formazan (Dehydrogenase activity) Respiration Cotton Bioassay Strips Energetic Paramagnetism (PCSM Meter) EC Meter (ERGS) Radionics Food Quality Brix = Refractometer Vitamin C test strips Nitrate test strips Darkfield Microscopy (cellular) Circular Chromatography """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" This is a summary of soil & food quality features with a list of current tests in use by labs and farmers. Ya'll got any comments or additions? Thanks! Steve Diver -- steved@ncatark.uark.edu To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with "unsubscribe sanet-mg". To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "subscribe sanet-mg-digest".