VISUAL SOIL ASSESSMENT (VSA) FIELD GUIDES

Plant Production and Protection Division

VISUAL SOIL ASSESSMENT (VSA) FIELD GUIDES

Year of publication 2008

Pages 244

Author Plant Production and Protection Division

Publisher Funded by FAO in collaboration with the Agronomy and Crop Science Research and Education Center of the University of Teramo ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The present publication on Visual Soil Assessment is a practical guide to carry out a quantitative soil analysis with reproduceable results using only very simple tools. Besides soil parameters, also crop parameters for assessing soil conditions are presented for some selected crops. The Visual Soil Assessment manuals consist of a series of separate booklets for specific crop groups, collected in a binder. The publication addresses scientists as well as field technicians and even far mers who want to analyse their soil condition and observe changes over time.

Language English

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