Techniques for Plant Analysis

1 Introduction to Plant Analysis
(Introduction, Determination, Evaluation, Visual deficiency symptoms)
1 Plant analysis and soil analysis
(Nutrient concentrations, functions, deficiency/ Toxicity)
Practical uses of Plant analysis
2 Plant Sampling
(Sampling instructions, statistical considerations, crop logging/
monitoring, Comparative sampling)
14 Handling procedures
Preparation of plant tissues for laboratory analysis
(Decontamination, Oven drying, Particle size reduction)
Organic matter destruction Ashing
(Dry, Wet and accelerated ashing)
Determination of dry matter content of plant tissue: Gravimetric moisture
Nitric-Perchloric acid wet digestion in an open vessel
Microwave digestion of plant tissue in an open vessel
Microwave digestion of plant tissue in an closed vessel
Determination of Total Nitrogen in plant tissue
Determination of Kjeldahl Nitrogen: Micro-Kjeldahl
Manual distillation and Titration
Automated Combustion method
Extractable nitrate in plant tissue: ion Selective electrode method
Determination of Ammonium Nitrogen in Plant Tissue
Total Sulphur Determination
Ion Chromatography quantification (ICP-AES, Hydriodic
acid reduction, Barium based quantification)
Sulphate Sulphur determination in Plant tissue
Determination of Chloride in Plant Tissue
Extractable Chloride, Orthophosphate, Potassium, Sulphur
sulphate by 2 % Acetic acid Extraction
Determination of B, Mo, and Se in Plant Tissue
Tissue Testing Kits and Procedures for Nutrient element
assessment in Plant Tissue
3 Advanced Analysis Methods
Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy
Energy Dispersive X ray Spectroscopy
Nuclear Magnetic resonance Spectroscopy
Continuous Flow Fast atom bombardment mass spectroscopy
Scanning electron microscope
Inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy
Auto Analyser
Micro beam analyser
Electron probe micro analyser
Chromatographic Analysis
Multicolumn countercurrent solvent gradient purification
Atomic Emission spectroscopy
Atomic Absorption spectroscopy
Approaches for interpretation of Plant Analysis
Software for Interpretation of Plant Analysis