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Auger Soil Sampler for Herbicide Residues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

T. O. Flynt
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr. and Dep. of Range Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas 77843
T. E. Riley
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr. and Dep. of Range Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas 77843
R. W. Bovey
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr. and Dep. of Range Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas 77843
R. E. Meyer
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr. and Dep. of Range Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas 77843

Abstract

A soil sampler was constructed for moisture and pesticide residue determinations that will retrieve soils with rocky and heavy clay layers. The sampler consisted of a commercially constructed worm-gear driven auger mounted in a 3.7-m-tall vertical frame. Depth, speed, accuracy, and ease of sample retrieval were substantially increased, compared to manual sampling.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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