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Fluorometric Analysis for Evaluation of Soil Incorporation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

J. R. Williford
Affiliation:
Agricultural Engineers, Agricultural Engineering Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
O. B. Wooten
Affiliation:
Agricultural Engineers, Agricultural Engineering Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
W. L. Barrentine
Affiliation:
Delta Branch, Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

A fast and efficient method of evaluating soil incorporators consists of incorporating a fluorescent dye into the soil, taking soil samples, removing the dye by a solvent, and determining the dye concentration. Pontacyl Brilliant Pink B was the best dye for incorporation studies and a fluorometer was the analytical instrument.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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