Comparison of three digestion methods for total soil potassium estimation in soils of papua New Guinea derived from varying parent materials

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1259-1265

  Rao, B K Rajashekhar ^a   Bailey, John ^b   Wingwafi, Robin Walter ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Papua New Guinea)

^b National Agricultural Research Institute NARI   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Aqua regia; Digestion methods; Parent materials; Precision; Silicate minerals; Total potassium content

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; NITRIC ACID; PARENT MATERIAL; POTASSIUM; PRECISION; SILICATE; SOIL NUTRIENT;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 79957577973     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2011.571740     Document Type: Article

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