Date

2008/07/17

Organisations

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

Authors

MA Hamza

About

The aim of this report is to help people who are interested in soil science, but are not specialists in this area, to better understand soil analysis reports in particular, and soil data in general.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Forms of nutrients in soils
  • Soil physical properties
  • Calcium to magnesium (Ca: Mg) and other cation ratios
  • Soil reaction, pH
  • Sodicity
  • Salinity (EC)
  • Cation exchange capacity (CEC)
  • Organic matter (OM)
  • Nitrogen (N)
  • Sulphur (S)
  • Phosphorus (P)
  • Calcium (Ca)
  • Magnesium (Mg)
  • Potassium(K)
  • Cobalt (Co)
  • Boron (B)
  • Iron (Fe)
  • Manganese (Mn)
  • Copper (Cu)
  • Zinc (Zn)
  • Molybdenum (Mo)
  • Sodium (Na)
  • Aluminium (Al)
  • Glossary
  • References

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A ‘systems’ approach to managing sodic and alkaline soil

03:10

A combination of crop choice, water harvesting, gypsum application, maximising soil cover and no livestock, and then maintaining the...

Processes of soil nutrient supply to plant roots

02:36

Professor Richard Bell explains how plant roots take up nutrients from the soil by diffusion, mass flow, and interception.

Nitrous oxide greenhouse gas emissions from dryland cropping soil

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Quantifying the extent and timing of nitrous oxide emissions.

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