Acknowledgements
Preface
List of acronyms, abbreviations and chemical symbols
1. Introduction
2. The basics of an analytical laboratory
3. Soil analysis
4. Plant analysis
5. Water analysis
6. Mineral and organic fertilizer analysis
7. Biofertilizer assay and production
References and further reading
Annexes
1. Floor plan of a soil, plant, water and fertilizer analysis laboratory
2. Floor plan of a biofertilizer laboratory and production unit
3. Items required for asoil, plant and water analysis laboratory
4. Items required for a fertilizer testing laboratory
5. Items required for a microbiological laboratory
6. Summary of plant nutrient estimation methods
7. Automation of analytical procedures
8. Examples of laboratory registers
9. Grades of chemicals and glassware
10. Equivalent and molecular weights of compounds
11. Soil sample information sheet
12. Colour change of solutions owing to pH change
13. Glossary of biofertilizer terms
14. Units and conversion factors