IIRR Manual Soil Testing Kit

Background:

Soil testing is key to balanced fertilization and plant nutrition. Rapid soil testing kits are similar to the clinical testing and diagnostic kits in medicine. The availability of effective soil testing equipments or laboratories and trained manpower is making the soil testing programme more serious at the farm level. To assess the ground situation in large tracts of the fields, it is pertinent to generate more information about the fertilizing capacity of the land and soils as early as possible.

Technology Details:

The basic principle of extraction and estimation has not been undermined and most of the soil available nutrient status estimation involves the principle of reagent systems and extraction procedures based on the respective extraction. Colorimetric test methods are used for most test factors. The Soil quality testing kit offers simplified methods for determination of available nutrients from soils and is rapid, fairly accurate chemical tests. Key parameters include soil pH and nutrients (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium).