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Explore definitions, methods and research that help you understand soil, crop, forage, manure and compost testing.

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Soil

Acidity (pH) - soil

Actinomycetes

Agrobacterium

Ammonium (NH₄⁺) 

Arbuscular mycorrhiza

Bulk density

Calcium (Ca) - soil and crop

Ca-plant available

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The Carbon to Sulphur (C/S) Ratio in Soil

CEC Cation Exchange Capacity

Chlorine (Cl) - soil and crop

Clay

C/N ratio

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Crumbling

Diversity index

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Gram+/- bacteria

Granules

Green Manure

Iron (Fe) - soil and crop

K-soil stock

Magnesium (Mg) - soil and crop

Microbial Biomass

Molybdenum (Mo) - soil and crop

Mycorhizza

N-delivery capacity

Na-soil stock

Nematode testing

NH4+ (ammonium)

N-supplying capacity

Nitrogen (N)

Nmin

Phosphate (P₂O₅)

Phospholipid Fatty Acids (PLFA)

Phosphorus (P) – Soil and Crop

Phosphorus (P) versus Phosphate (P₂O₅)

PLFA

Potassium (K) - soil and crop

Potato cyst nematodes (potato fatigue)

Protozoa

Relative susceptibility

Root-knot nematodes

Root lesion nematodes

Shannon index

Soil Organic Carbon (SOC)

Soil Organic Matter (SOM)

S-plant available

S-supplying capacity

S-plant available

Saprophytes

Selenium (Se) - soil and crop

Silicon (Si)

Slaking

Sodium (Na) - soil and crop

Soil biodiversity

Soil fertility

Soil health

Soil inorganic carbon (SIC)

Soil quantity/ Soil stock

Soil texture

Stem nematode

Sulphur (S) - soil and crop

Temperature sum (T-sum)

Texture classes

Tolerance

Total bacteria

Total fungi

Total N-Stock

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Virus

Zinc (Zn) - horses

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