Practical Manual for Analysis of Soil, Water, Fertilizer and Manure

by Javid Ahmad Sofi, Majeed Ul Hassan Chesti, Shabir Ahmad Bangroo

ISBN: 9789351241539
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 6495.00
Biblio : xii+170 p., fig., tabls., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Javid Ahmad Sofi is Senior Scientist of Soil Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-Kashmir). He has teaching experience of more than nine years and has taught at graduate and post-graduate level. At present he is working in Research Centre for Residue and Quality Analysis (RCRQA)- Referral Lab of the J&K state. He received M.Sc. degree (2001) from SKUAST-K and Ph.D. degree (2012) from IARI, New Delhi. Dr. Shabir Ahmad Bangroo is Scientist of Soil Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-Kashmir). He has also worked as Assistant Professor at Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour. He received M.Sc. degree (2010) and Ph.D. degree (2013) from SKUAST-K, Srinagar (J&K). Dr. Majeed Ul Hassan Chesti is Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) Soil Science at Directorate of Extension, SKUAST-Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, India. He has completed his M.Sc. (Soil Science) in 2002 from Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Deemed University, Allahabad and PhD (Soil Science) in 2007 from SKUAST-Kashmir. He has more than 10 years of Research/ Extension/ Teaching experience and has also to his credit more than 35 research publications in peer reviewed journals and 5 book chapters.

About The Book

The manual provides guidance for carrying out soil, water, fertilizer and manure tests for the students, scientists and technical staff working on this aspect. Aspects relating to soil testing, fertilizer adulteration and water analysis have been adequately covered and several practical’s have been demonstrated. All state Govt. agencies engaged with soil, water, manure and fertilizer industry will find this manual useful in implementing the soil, water, manure, fertilizer testing programme and framing fertilizer use recommendations. In addition to soil, fertilizer, and water analysis, soil enzymes are also covered adequately. This manual would contribute towards soil testing based fertilizer usage which will help in increasing the fertilizer use efficiencies and farmers incomes. This manual will help in preparing soil fertility maps and issuing soil health cards to farmers. Use of soil, plant and fertilizer test kits and mobile diagnostic laboratories will be also benefitted with this manual. Implementation of various suggestions given in the manual would also help in improving the quality of the work being done by the soil testing laboratories.

Table of Contents

Foreword v Preface vii 1. Soils 1 2. Plant Nutrient and their Functions 5 3. Deficiency Symptoms of Nutrients in Plants 14 4. Soil Testing 21 5. Soil Sampling 42 6. Soil Physical Analysis 49 7. Soil chemical properties 63 8. Soil Biological Properties 103 9. Fertilizer and Manure Analysis 113 10. Water Analysis 156 Appendices 168