Standardization of Automated Vario EL III CHNS Analyzer for Total Carbon and Nitrogen Determination in Plants

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1316-1324

  Dhaliwal, G S ^a   Gupta, N ^b   Kukal, S S ^a   Meetpal Singh, ^c  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF POST HARVEST ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CHNS analyzer; organic samples; particle size; plant analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CARBON; CROP RESIDUE; LABORATORY METHOD; MANURE; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STANDARDIZATION; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84901404503     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2013.875197     Document Type: Article

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