Gallaher, R.N. and Weldon, C.O. and Boswell, F.C. (1976) A semiautomated procedure for total nitrogen in plant and soil samples. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 40 (6). pp. 887-889.
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Abstract
This study evaluated inexpensive alternatives for the determination of total N in plant and soil samples. Plant and soil samples which varied widely in N concentration were digested in a 126-sample-capacity Al block digester followed by determination of total N with the ammonium electrode in a semiautomated reaction vessel assembly. The proposed Ammonium electrode semiautomated (AES) procedure was compared to standard micro-Kjeldahl and aluminum block digested-steam distilled-titrated (ABDDT) procedures. Thirty to 50 more samples could be analyzed per 8-hour day with the proposed semiautomated procedure as compared to standard micro-Kjeldahl methods. The precision of the methods were comparable but significantly more N was found by using the ABDDT procedure
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Associate Professor of Agronomy, Department of Agronomy University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 |
| Subjects: | Soil Science and Microbiology > Soil Sciences |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2012 06:04 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2012 06:07 |
| Official URL: | https://www.soils.org/publications/sssaj/abstracts... |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/8050 |
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