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Collecting Soil Cores in Plastic Liners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. E. Schweizer
Affiliation:
Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80521
C. R. Frey
Affiliation:
Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80521

Abstract

A soil sampler was constructed to collect soil cores in plastic tubes to a depth of 30 cm. This method of sampling prevents loss of soil, minimizes soil contamination, and permits proportional sectioning of the soil core into desirable segments for bioassay or chemical analysis.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1974 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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