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SoilTesting (version 0.1.0)

Organic Carbon and Plant Available Nutrient Contents in Soil

Description

Testing of soil for the contents of organic carbon, and available macro- and micro-nutrients is a crucial part of soil fertility assessment. This package computes some routinely tested soil properties viz. organic carbon (C), total nitrogen (N), available N, mineral N, available phosphorus (P), available potassium (K), available iron (Fe), available zinc (Zn), available manganese (Mn), available copper (Cu), and available nickel (Ni) in soil based on laboratory analysis data obtained by most commonly followed protocols. Besides, it can also draw standard curves based on absorption/emission vs. concentration data, and give out unknown concentrations from absorption/emission readings.

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install.packages('SoilTesting')

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219

Version

0.1.0

License

GPL (>= 3)

Maintainer

Bappa Das

Last Published

April 14th, 2022

Functions in SoilTesting (0.1.0)

df_N_Boric

Example Data Frame for total nitrogen (N) and available or mineralizable N in soil
df_Minearl_N

Example Data Frame for mineral nitrogen (N) in soil
df_DTPA_Micro

Example Data Frame for available micronutrient cations in soils
df_N_Sulphuric

Example Data Frame for total nitrogen (N) in soil
Available_P

Available phosphorus (P) in soil determined by ascorbic acid blue colour method
df_WBC

Example Data Frame for oxidizable organic carbon (C) or Walkley-Black C in soil
df_Std_Curve

Example Data Frame for element concentration from standard curve
Available_K

Available potassium (K) in soil
df_Available_P

Example Data Frame for available phosphorus (P) in soils
df_Available_K

Example Data Frame for available potassium (K) in soils
Std_Curve

Elemental concentration in solution from absorbance or emission values
Mineral_N

Mineral N i.e., summation of ammonium-N and nitrate-N in soil
DTPA_Micro

Available micronutrient cations in soil
WBC

Oxidizable organic carbon (C) or Walkley-Black C in soil
N_Boric

Total, or Mineralizable Nitrogen using boric acid for ammonia absorption
N_Sulphuric

Total Nitrogen (N) using sulphuric acid for ammonia absorption