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Theapproachtosoilsamplingdependsonthereasonsforsoil
analysis.Soilisnotahomogeneousmass.Plantlife,
topography,agronomicpractices,etc.affecttheuniformityofa
soil.Theaccuracyofthesoilanalysisdatadependsonthe
accuracywithwhichthesoilsamplesaretaken.
Objectives
Thisguideisintendedtoenableyouto:
explainthenatureofsoilvariation
determinethenumberofsamplesrequired
takesoilsamplesaccordingtofoursamplingplans
preventsamplingerrors
conductsubsamplingandcompositesampling
takesoilsamplesandpreparesamplesforanalysis
Studymaterials
Samplesorphotographs(colorslides)ofsoilprofiles
Photographsoftopographicvariation
Soilsamples
Samplingtools
Samplepreparationtools
Practicals
Demonstratesoilvariationinthefield
Practicesoilsamplingaccordingtosections3to6
Calculatenumberofsamplesrequired
Makecompositesamples
Takesoilsamplesandpreparethemforanalysis
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1995,JosephL.Pleysier.InternationalInstituteofTropicalAgriculture(IITA).AllRightsReserved.