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Soil Testing for Plant-Available Nutrients—What Is It and Why Do We Use It?

George Hochmuth, Rao Mylavarapu, and Ed Hanlon

Release Date: 1/30/2018

Reviewed At: 8/12/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ss621-2014

Agriculture

About this Publication

This document is SL408, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2014. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

George Hochmuth, professor emeritus; Rao Mylavarapu, professor; and Ed Hanlon, professor emeritus; Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Hochmuth, G., Mylavarapu, R., & Hanlon, E. (2014). Soil Testing for Plant-Available Nutrients—What Is It and Why Do We Use It? EDIS, 2014(8). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ss621-2014

Authors

Edward Hanlon
Edward Hanlon

professor emeritus, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center

George Hochmuth
George Hochmuth
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University of Florida

professor emeritus, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

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Rao Mylavarapu
Rao Mylavarapu
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professor and Extension specialist, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Gainesville, FL

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Paul White
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associate professor, soil science, and coordinator, agricultural nutrient management research, UF/IFAS Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Gainesville, FL

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