Soils and Crops. Diagnostic Techniques. Their Value and Use in Estimating the Fertility Status of Soils and Nutritional Requirements of Crops. 1992. 4 colour photos. numerous figures. tables. XXIV, 308 p. gr8vo. Hard cover.

Contents: Preface/ Historical Introduction, Firman E.Bear/ ChemicalMethods for Assessing Soil Fertility, Michael Peech/ Correlation ofSoil Tests With Crop Response to Added Fertilizers and With FertilizerRequirement, Roger H.Bray/ Operation of a State Soil-Testing ServiceLaboratory, Ivan E.Miles and J.Fielding Reed/ Operation of an IndustrialService Laboratory for Analyzing Soil and Plant Samples, Jackson B.Hester/ Plant-Tissue Tests as a Tool in Agronomic Research, Bert A.Krantz, Werner L.Nelson, and Leland F.Burkhart/ Plant Analysis -Methods and Interpretation of Results, Albert Ulrich/ Biological Methodsof Determining Nutrients in Soils, S.C.Vandecaveye/ Visual Symptoms ofMalnutrition in Plants, J.E.McMurtrey, Jr./ Index.