2nd Edition
Northeastern Regional Publication No. 493

Agricultural Experiment Stations of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine,Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia.

Table of Contents

Foreword

• Maurice L. Horton,USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service

Introduction

• J. Tom Sims and Ann Wolf

Chapter 1: Laboratory Quality Assurance Programs

• Bruce Hoskins, University of Maine

Chapter 2: Soil Sample Preparation and Extraction

• Bruce Hoskins, University of Maine

• Donald Ross, University of Vermont

Chapter 3: Recommended Soil pH and Lime Requirement Tests

• J. Thomas Sims, University of Delaware

• Donald Eckert, Ohio State University

Chapter 4: Recommended Soil Nitrate-N Tests

• Gary Griffin, University of Connecticut

• William Jokela, University of Vermont

• Donald Ross, University of Vermont

Chapter 5: Recommended Soil Tests for Macronutrients: Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium and Magnesium

• Ann Wolf, Pennsylvania State University

• Douglas Beegle, Pennsylvania State University

Chapter 6: Recommended Soil Tests for Micronutrients: Manganese, Zinc, Copper, and Boron

• J. Thomas Sims, University of Delaware

Chapter 7: Recommended Soil Sulfate-S Tests

• Rabinder Singh, University of West Virginia

• D. K. Bhumbla, University of West Virginia

• R. F. Keefer, University of West Virginia

Chapter 8: Recommended Soil Organic Matter Tests

• E. E. Schulte, University of Wisconsin

Chapter 9: Recommended Methods for Determining Soil Cation Exchange Capacity

• Donald Ross, University of Vermont

Chapter 10: Recommended Soluble Salts Tests

• Karen Gartley, University of Delaware

Chapter 11: Recommended Test Procedures for Greenhouse Growth Media

• Daryl Warncke, Michigan State University

Chapter 12: Interpretation of Soil Testing Results

• Douglas Beegle, Pennsylvania State University

Appendix: Summary of Soil Testing Methods in the Northeast

Northeast Coordinating Committee on Soil Testing (NEC-67)

NEC-67 is sponsored by the Agricultural Experiment Stations of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia. NEC-67 representatives include:

Connecticut------Thomas Morris

Delaware------J. Thomas Sims

Delaware------Karen Gartley

Maine------Susan Erich

Maine------Bruce Hoskins

Maryland------Frank Coale

Massachusetts------Steven Bodine

New Hampshire------George Estes

New Hampshire------Stuart Blanchard

New Jersey------Joseph Heckman

New York------Stuart Klausner

New York------Shaw Reid

Pennsylvania------Ann Wolf

Pennsylvania------Douglas Beegle

Rhode Island------Michael Sullivan

Vermont------William Jokela

Vermont------Donald Ross

West Virginia------Rabinder Singh