A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Ac (Exchangeable Acidity) Agricultural Burning (June 2000) Managing Crop Residue Agronomic Division (Home Page) Annual Reports Directions / Location History Mission Statement Purpose Staff Workloads (most recent fiscal year) Agronomic Reports Division Annual Reports Online Search for Soil Test Reports, etc. (PALS) Sample Data Summaries Plant Tissue Data Summary FY2002–2011 Soil Data Summaries FY2007–2011 Solution Data Summaries FY 2002–2011 Waste Data Summary FY2002–2011 Understanding Your Report (Cover Sheets) Agronomic Services (descriptive brochure) For Christmas Tree Growers For Dairy Farmers For Grape Production For the Nursery Industry For Turfgrass Management Agrotips Aluminum Ammonium Nitrogen Apples Fertility Recommendations Nematode Management Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports April Agrotips Aquaculture & Farm Ponds — Water Testing Arsenic August Agrotips Back to Top B Bentgrass Fertility Recommendations Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Bermudagrass Fertility Recommendations Bermudagrass as Forage Bermudagrass as Golf Green Bermudagrass as Lawn Management of Sprayfields Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Best Management Practices Farmers' Attitudes Regarding For Fine Turf Blackberries Fertility Recommendations Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Blossom-end Rot Blueberries Advice on Lowering Soil pH Fertility Recommendations Fertilizer Study in Bladen County Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Boron Commonly Available Sources Deficiency Symptoms Measurement of NCDA&CS Boron Recommendations Role in Plant BS% (Base Saturation Percent) Back to Top C Cadmium Ca% (Calcium Percent) Calcium Deficiency Symptoms Gypsum as a Source Mehlich Methodology for Determining NCDA&CS Calcium Recommendation Role in Plant Role in Blossom-End Rot CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity) Centipede Grass Centipede Grass Problems Fertility Recommendations Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Warm-season Grasses Chloride / Chlorine Deficiency Symptoms Christmas Trees Agronomic Services for Christmas Tree Growers Fertility Recommendations Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Sampling Instructions Pictorial Guide Soil pH Management Soil Sampling Soil Testing and Interpreting the Results Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Chromium Clay Minerals Compost Benefits (April 2009) Waste Analysis What's in Your Compost? (July 2004) Waste & Compost Analysis Guide Conservation Tillage Conversion Factors Copper $ Note Commonly Available Sources Copper Index on Soil Report Deficiency Symptoms Danger as a Heavy Metal NCDA&CS Copper Recommendations Role in Plant Corn Agronomic Tests Can Increase Yield (March 2007) Fertility Recommendations Nematodes Managing Sting Nematodes Sampling for Nematode Assay Plant Tissue Sampling Pictorial Guide Sampling Instructions Soil Sampling Sulfur Deficiency Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Cotton Fertility Recommendations Fertilization of Cotton Need for Sulfur on Coastal Plain Soils (May 2000) Nematodes Managing Nematodes (July 2002) Nematode Management in Cotton Sampling for Nematode Assay Plant Tissue Sampling Sampling Instructions Pictorial Guide Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Critical Areas Fertility Recommendations for Hydroseeded Areas Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Crop Codes (Page 2 of NCDA&CS Soil Sample Information) Cu-I (Copper Index) Back to Top D Dairies Agronomic Services for Dairy Farmers Agronomic Services Help Dairy Stay in Business (February 2004) Dairy Waste Sampling Guidelines Lagoon Sampling Study December Agrotips Deficiency Symptoms Micronutrients Primary and Secondary Nutrients Drought, with Regard to Fertilization Effect of Fertilizer Salts on Soil pH Fertilization of Grasses Back to Top E Equivalent Measurements Essential Plant Nutrients Exchangeable Acidity Back to Top F Fe (Iron) Commonly Available Sources Fe:Mn ratio Measurement by Plant Tissue Analysis February Agrotips Fertilization (see also specific crops) Animal Waste on Field Crops Applying Nitrogen Crop Fertilization Based on N.C. Soil Tests (Orange Book) — pdf Consequences of Excess Fertilization Dilution to Parts per Million Economics Considerations with Regard to Nutrient Management Of Fertilizer Management Equivalent Rates Essential Plant Nutrients Homeowner's Guide Micronutrients Application to Container-grown Plants Low Levels as Indicated by $ Symbol on Soil Test Report Organic Nutrients Organic vs. Mineral Fertilizers Properties of Fertilizers Slow Release Fertilizers Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Without a Current Soil Test Report (March 2003) Fescue (see also Lawns) Brown Patch Fescue Lawn Care Warm-season Grasses Field Crops Fertility Recommendations Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Field Services (Agronomic Consultation and Advice) Floriculture Deficiency Series (NCSU) Forage Crops Fertility Recommendations Managing Bermudagrass Sprayfields Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Fraser Fir (see also Christmas Trees) Soil pH Management Tissue Sampling, Pictorial Guide Fruit Crops (see also Orchards or name of specific crop) Fertility Recommendations Apples Other Tree Fruit Peaches Small Fruits General Plant Tissue Sampling Instructions Back to Top G Golf and Fine Turf Best Management Practices Fertility Recommendations Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Grass (see Forages, Golf and Fine Turf, Lawns, Roadside Grass, or Turfgrass) Grapes Agronomic Services for Grape Production Fertility Recommendations Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Greenhouse Production Fertility Recommendations Managing High Sodium in Source Water NO3–N (Nitrate Nitrogen) Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Analysis of Growth Substrates Soluble Salts Testing Source Water or Nutrient Solutions News Release (January 2005) Gypsum Back to Top H Heavy Metals in Soils (brochure) Soil Sample Informaton Form for Analysis of Heavy Metals History of the Agronomic Division Annual Reports Workloads (most recent fiscal year) HM% (Percent Humic Matter) Hydroseeded Areas, Fertilization of Back to Top I Information Forms (for sample submission) Iron Commonly Available Sources Fe:Mn ratio Measurement by Plant Tissue Analysis Irrigation Water, Testing Back to Top J January Agrotips July Agrotips June Agrotips Back to Top K K-I (Potassium Index) Back to Top L Landplaster (Gypsum) Lawns Brown Patch Centipede Grass Problems Cool-season Grasses Establishing a New Lawn Fertility Recommendations Fescue Lawn Care Moss Nematodes Management of Sting Nematodes Sampling or Nematode Assay Plant Tissue Sampling Pictorial Guide Sampling Instructions Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Warm-season Grasses Lead Lettuce Tissue Sampling Study Lime Application Calibrating a Spreader Effect of Excess Application Establishing a Lawn Increased Need after Heavy Rain (Aug 2004) Surface Application vs. Soil Incorporation Economic Benefits (Dec 2004) Fertilizer Efficiency, Effect on (Dec 2004) Lime Recommendations on NCDA&CS Soil Test Reports North Carolina Limestone Specifications Relation to Manganese Deficiency (March 2003) Soil Acidity and Liming Basic Information for Farmers and Gardeners For Agricultural Soils Tips about Soil pH and Liming Type Calcitic vs. Dolomitic Pelletized vs. Powdered Back to Top M Magnesium Commonly Available Sources Deficiency Symptoms Mehlich Methodology for Determining Recommendations on NCDA&CS Soil Test Reports Role in Plant Manganese $ Note Commonly Available Sources Deficiency Correcting in Eastern NC Symptoms Fe:Mn ratio Recommendations on NCDA&CS Soil Test Reports Role in Plant Maps Aquifers in North Carolina Directions to Agronomic Division Laboratory Regional Agronomists' Territories March Agrotips Marigolds (See also Ornamentals) Used to Manage Root-Knot Nematodes May Agrotips Measurements Conversion Factors Equivalent Units of Measurement Media Analysis How to Collect Samples Soilless Media Sample Information Form Understanding the Soilless Media Report Mehlich, Dr. Adolf Determination of P, Ca, Mg, K, Na, NH4 Mehlich Extractrants and Methodology Mg% (Magnesium Percent) Micronutrients $ Note Deficiency Symptoms Uniform Application Water Solubility Molybdenum Commonly Available Sources Deficiency Symptoms Recommendations on NCDA&CS Plant Analysis Reports Role in Plant Moss, Management of in Lawns Back to Top N Na (Sodium) As Reported on Plant Analysis Report As Reported on Soil Test Report Mehlich Methodology for Determining Nematode Assay (Home Page) Descriptive Brochure Find Your Report Online (PALS) Information Forms (for sample submission) Nema Notes Sampling Instructions Understanding Nematode Assay Reports Virtual Tour of the Laboratory Nematodes Biocontrol with French Marigold Checking for Nematodes before Planting (Apr 2005) Management in Apples Management in Corn Management in Cotton Management in Irish Potatoes Management in Peach Orchards Management in Peanuts Management in Soybeans Management in Strawberry Management in Sweetpotato Management in Tobacco Lesion Nematodes Root-knot Nematodes, rotation Management in Turfgrass Management in Vegetables Managing Root-knot Nematodes Nematodes and Manganese Problems (Aug 2004) Soybean Cyst and Drought (June 2002) Soybean Cyst in Lincoln County (November 1999) Soybean Cyst in Union County (December 2002) News Releases Nickel NH4-N (Ammonium Nitrogen) Nitrogen Ammonium Nitrogen Mehlich Methodology for Determining Applying Nitrogen Commonly Available Sources Deficiency Symptoms NCDA&CS Nitrogen Recommendations NCDA&CS Soil Test Measurement Nitrate Nitrogen N:K ratio N:S ratio Realistic Yield Expectations (RYE) Role in Plant November Agrotips Nursery Crops Agronomic Services for the Nursery Industry Fertility Recommendations Importance of Soil pH Micronutrients Soilless Media Analysis Solution Analysis Tissue Analysis Back to Top O October Agrotips "Orange Book" — pdf Orchards Fertility Recommendations Apples Other Tree Fruit Peaches Pecans and other Nut Trees General Plant Tissue Sampling Instructions Ornamentals Diagnosing Problems Fertility Recommendations Taking Soil Samples Tissue Analysis Back to Top P PALS [public access to laboratory information management system] Pasture Renovation Peaches Fertility Recommendations Nematode Management on Peach Tissue Sampling Peanuts Fertility Recommendations Nematode Management on Peanut Nematode Sampling Tank Mixing of Chemicals Applied to Tissue Sampling Zinc Levels in New Fields (May 2003) Pecans Fertility Recommendations Tissue Sampling pH (Hydrogen Ion Concentration) Best pH for Specific Plants Buying a pH Meter Target pH Tips about Soil pH and Liming What Does pH Measure? Phosphorus Commonly Available Sources Deficiency Symptoms Levels in Coastal Plain Tobacco Soils Mehlich Methodology for Determining NCDA&CS Phosphate Recommendations P-I (Phosphorus Index) Role in Plant Plant Nutrients Plant Tissue Analysis (Home Page) Brochure Using Tissue Analysis to Monitor Cotton Nutrition Find Your Report Harvesting Tobacco Based on Tissue Analysis Information Form (for sample submission) Pictorial Guide to Tissue Sampling Sampling in Greenhouse Vegetables Sampling Instructions Strawberry Tissue Analysis Sufficiency Ranges Understanding Plant Analysis Reports Virtual Tour of the Laboratory Plasticulture Training Materials Pond Management Fertilization, Liming & Sampling for Fish Production Testing for Agricultural Quality and Recreational Uses Potassium Commonly Available Sources Deficiency Symptoms Mehlich Methodology for Determining NCDA&CS Potash Recommendations N:K ratio Role in Plant Poultry Drinking Water Analysis (March 2002) How to Calibrate a Litter Spreader (February 2004) Waste Analysis Problem Diagnosis Publications (see also News Releases and Success Stories) In-house Agronomic Division Publications Staff Publications in Professional Journals, Trade Magazines, etc. Back to Top R Raspberries Fertility Recommendations Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Sampling Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Realistic Yield Expectations (RYE) Regional Agronomists (see also Success Stories and Virtual Tour) Research Betweem Outside Agencies and the Agronomic Division Cooperative Research Agreement (form AD-11) Information Form for Cooperative Research Samples (form AD-12) Roadside Grass Fertility Recommendations for Hydroseeded Areas Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Back to Top S Sample Information Forms Sampling Instructions Secondary Plant Nutrients Selenium September Agrotips S-I (Sulfur Index) Small Grains (see also specific crops) Double-cropped with Sorghum Double-cropped with Soybeans Sodium As Reported on Plant Analysis Report As Reported on Soil Test Report Managing High Concentrations in Source Water Mehlich Methodology for Determining Soil Acidity Soil Class Soil Testing (Home Page) — Lab Video Brochure Crop Fertilization Based on N.C. Soil Tests (Orange Book) — pdf Fertility Recommendations by Crop Hydroseeded Areas $ Note: Secondary Nutrients and Micronutrients Note 1: Tobacco Note 3: Field Crops Note 4: Lawns, Gardens and Ornamentals Note 5: Christmas Trees Note 6: Commercial Vegetable Crops Note 7: Trellised and Staked Tomatoes Note 9: Soil Analysis of Growth Substrates for Greenhouse Crops Note 11: Nursery Crops—Container and Field Note 12: Forage and Pasture Crops Note 14: Golf and other Fine Turf Note 15: Pecans and Miscellaneous Nuts and Fruits Note 16: Apples Note 17: Peaches Note 18: Small Fruits Wildlife Food Plots Find Your Report Frequently Asked Questions Information Forms (for sample submission) Methodology Determination of P, Ca, Mg, K, Na, NH4 Mehlich Extractants, Buffer Acidity, and Humic Matter Volumetric Measurement Need for Soil Testing Sampling Instructions Deep Sampling for Nutrient Management Depth Frequency Packing Samples for Shipment Soil Sampling Basics Soil Sampling for Home Lawns & Gardens Soil Sampling Large Areas Submitting a Diagnostic Soil Sample with a Problem Plant Sample Timing Wet Soil Understanding the Soil Test Report Soilless Media How to Collect Samples Soilless Media Sample Information Form Understanding the Soilless Media Report Soluble Salts NCDA&CS Soil Test Measurement Solution Analysis Brochure Farm Pond Quality (March 2004) Find Your Report How to Collect Samples Sample Information Form (for sample submission) Poultry Drinking Water Quality (March 2002) Production Tools for Tobacco Growers Solution Analysis for Tobacco Transplant Float Beds Source Water, Testing Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin 394 Soybeans Fertility Recommendations Increasing Yield Nematode Management Check for Nematodes before Planting (Apr 2005) Nematodes and Manganese Problems (Aug 2004) Soybean Cyst and Drought (June 2002) Nutrient Management Nutrition and Foliar Sampling Pictorial Guide to Tissue Sampling Tissue Analysis Specialty Crops Determining Fertility Guidelines (August 2002) SS-I (Soluble Salt Index) Strawberries Fertility Recommendations Fertigation of Plasticulture Strawberries in Eastern NC NCDA&CS Field Study (May 2001) NCDA&CS Soil Test Nematode Management Plant Tissue Sampling General Information Pictorial Guide Tissue Test to Improve Fruit Quality (March 2007) When to Take Samples (November 2000) Success Stories Steve Anderson (Caldwell County) (June 2009) Jeff Autry (Harnett County) (October 2005) Bailey's Berry Farm (Nash County) (July 2007) Betts Brothers Farm (Harnett County) (August 2009) Black Brothers Farm (Beaufort County) (March 2002) Brushy Mountain Golf Club (Alexander County) (February 2011) Buie's Wildlife Food Plots (Montgomery County) (July 2012) Calahaln Vineyards (Davie County) (November 2010) Cane Creek Valley Farm (Buncombe County) (November 2006) Case Farms (Caldwell County) (June 2003) Castelow Farms (Hertford County) (June 2011) Sid Cayton's Farm (Beaufort County) (December 2007) Calibration of Litter Spreader (Lee County) (February 2004) Chadbourn Farm (Columbus County) (October 2000) Chowan Golf and Country Club (Chowan County) (June 2005) City of Goldsboro Waste Water Facility (Wayne County) (July 2004) Cheeks Farm (Haywood County) (August 2000) Cooper Farm (Tyrrell County) (June 2000) Cranberry Farm (Avery County) (January 2001) Donnie Englebright (Granville County) (Sept 2004) Foster Family Vineyards & Harvesting (Franklin County) (November 2006) Fulk Farm – Vegetables on Black Plastic (Stokes County) (July 2008) Garner Produce (Carteret County) (September 2011) Gold Hill Landscape Supply (Randolph County) (October 2006) Greenleaf Nursery (Edgecombe County) (September 2009) Gurley's Collard Patch & Strawberries (Wake County) (June 2009) Guthrie Produce (Carteret County) (July 2001) Happy Valley Farm (Jackson County) (October 2003) Harden's Pickle Cucumbers (Bertie County) (June 2007) Hardy Farm (Wayne County) (July 2011) Hay/drought relief effort (statewide) (September 2007) Helms Farm (Union County) (January 2001) Hering Farm: Lettuce tissue sampling correction (Duplin County) (May 2011) Hester Farm (Vance County) (July 2012) Highlanders Farm (Moore County) (September 2010) Hilltop Angus Farm (Montgomery County) (July 2010) Howard Farm (Iredell County) (January 2011) Iseley Farm (Alamance County) (August 2006) Kirk's Wildlife Food Project (Montgomery County) (October 2003) Jimmy Lee Farm (Lee County) (December 2000) McConnell Farms (Henderson County) (June 2005) Medlin Farm (Union County) (January 2001) Medlin Farm (Union County) (Sept 2008) Moore Farm (Granville County) (November 2000) Mr. Landscape Design Build (Franklin County) (June 2010) Myers Dairy (Iredell County) (December 2006) Newsome Farms (Bertie, Hertford & Northampton counties) (June 2000) Newton Grove Municipal Waste Facility (Sampson County) (June 2001) Organic Float-bed Tobacco (Montgomery & Moore counties) (April 2003) Organic Tobacco (Vance & Granville Counties) (November 2001) Osborne Farm (Alleghany County) (February 2001) Quail Ridge Farm (Bertie & Hertford counties) (March 2005) Pierce Farm (Hertford County) (July 2008) Gary Richey (Caldwell County) (June 2009) Ross Dairy (Haywood County)(February 2004) Rouse Farm (Wayne County) (March 2001) Sammy Manuel (Rockingham County) (December 2002) Sandhills Research Station (Moore County) (July 2012) Seaside Mulch (New Hanover) (June 2004) Searcy Farm (Polk County) (August 2000) Shambley Farm (Orange County) (August 2001) Starnes Brothers (Caldwell County) (May 2003) Strawberries on 903 / Renston Homestead (Pitt County) (December 2010) Sunnybrook Farms (Stanly County) (Sept 2008) Tar Heel Landscape Enterprises, Inc. (Wake County) (June 2002) Taylor Nursery (Wake County) (July 2009) Thigpen Farms (Jones County) (October 2000) Tuttle Farm (Rockingham County) (November 2011) Umphlett Brothers Farm (Gates County) (June 2000) Ward Farm (Bladen County) (October 2006) Wilkerson Farm (Granville/Vance counties) (May 2000) Willow Oak Nursery (Greene County) (January 2008) Wood Farm (Franklin/Nash counties) (June 2008) Sulfur Commonly Available Sources Deficiency After Excessive Rain March 2003 May 2003 General Symptoms Symptoms in Corn NCDA&CS Sulfur Recommendations N:S ratio Role in Plant Sweetpotato Nematodes Back to Top T Tissue Analysis/Testing (Home Page) Tobacco Fertility Recommendations Float-bed Production Advice on Nutrient Solutions (January 2001) Sampling for Solution and Plant Tissue Analysis Solution Analysis for Tobacco Transplant Float Beds Water Sampling as a Precaution (January 2003) Nematodes Lesion Root knot Organic Production Field Fertilizer Study (November 2001) Field Services' Help with Fertilization (August 2006) Organic Fertilizers in the Float System Plant Tissue Analysis As a Guide to Harvesting Tobacco How to Take a Sample Pictorial Guide to Sampling Sampling Instructions Solution Analysis As a Float-bed Production Tool With Regard to Fertilization Tomatoes Fertility Recommendations Home Garden Tomato Production Fertilization Guide Trellised and Staked Tomatoes Nematode Assay Plant Tissue Analysis Pictorial Guide to Sampling Sampling Instructions Solution Analysis Topsoil Trees (see also Christmas Trees; Nursery Crops; Orchards; or specific type of tree) Nematode Sampling Plant Tissue Sampling Soil Sampling Tips for Transplanting (August 2004) Turfgrass (see also Lawns) Agronomic Services for Turfgrass Management Best Management Practices Fertility Recommendations Fine Turf (Golf Greens, etc.) Home Lawns Soil Testing Field Services (field consultation by regional agronomists) Nematode Management Nematode Assay Service Sampling for Nematodes Sting Nematodes Plant Tissue Analysis Plant Tissue Sampling Pictorial Guide to Tissue Sampling Solution Analysis (of source water and/or nutrient solutions) Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Back to Top U Understanding NCDA&CS Agronomic Reports Back to Top V Vegetables Fertility Recommendations Commercial Vegetables Home Gardens Trellised and Staked Tomatoes Nematode Management General Sampling Instructions Managing Root-knot Nematodes Plant Tissue Sampling General Sampling Instructions Tissue Sampling for Greenhouse Vegetables Virtual Tour of Division Back to Top W Waste Analysis Brochure Find Your Report Information Form (for sample submission) NCSU Soil Facts Brochure Sampling Dairy Lagoon Sampling Study Dairy Waste Sampling Guidelines General Waste Sampling Guidelines Waste & Compost Analysis Guide Water Quality, Testing for W/V (Weight-per-Volume Measurement on Soil Test Report) Well Water, Testing for Wheat Fertility Recommendations Nitrogen Management (February 2010) Pictorial Guide to Tissue Sampling Sulfur Fertilization (March 2007) Wildlife Food Plots Workloads for Division (most recent fiscal year) Back to Top Z Zinc $ Note Check Levels in New Peanut Fields (May 2003) Commonly Available Sources Danger as a Heavy Metal Deficiency Symptoms NCDA&CS Soil Test Recommendations Role in Plant Zn-AI (Zinc Availability Index) Zn-I (Zinc Index) Back to Top
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NCDA&CS Agronomic Services Division, Colleen M. Hudak-Wise, Ph.D., Director Mailing Address: 1040 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699-1040 Physical Address: 4300 Reedy Creek Road, Raleigh NC 27607-6465 Phone: (919) 733-2655; FAX: (919) 733-2837