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Interpretation of Soil, Petiole and Leaf Analyses: Nutripak

Several cotton growing laboratories perform soil, petiole, and leaf analyses but results may not be comparable between labs due to different extraction and analysis procedures. Petiole and leaf analyses are more uniform between labs than soil analyses. The document provides tables of optimum nutrient concentrations in soils, petioles, and leaves to aid in analysis interpretation.

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Interpretation of Soil, Petiole and Leaf Analyses: Nutripak

Several cotton growing laboratories perform soil, petiole, and leaf analyses but results may not be comparable between labs due to different extraction and analysis procedures. Petiole and leaf analyses are more uniform between labs than soil analyses. The document provides tables of optimum nutrient concentrations in soils, petioles, and leaves to aid in analysis interpretation.

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INTERPRETATION

OF SOIL,
PETIOLE AND
LEAF
ANALYSES
Several laboratories throughout the
Australian cotton-growing regions
perform routine analyses of soil, petiole
and cotton leaves. Because they do not
all use the same extraction procedures
and operate different analytical
equipment, results are not necessarily
comparable between laboratories.

PETIOLE AND LEAF


ANALYSES

SOIL ANALYSIS
The following table relating to soil
analyses aims to compare the nutrient
concentrations determined by commonly
used methods. The critical concentration
of each nutrient is indicated, below
which a response to fertilizer addition
could be expected.
Also, refer to the Soil sampling and
analysis chapter of this manual.

Petiole and leaf tissue analyses are


conducted using more uniform
methodology and are therefore more
comparable between laboratories than
soil analyses. However, variation
between laboratories may result from the
type of analytical equipment used.
Petiole nitrate analysis: Collect
petioles from the same mainstem node
between squaring and late-flowering
(5001000 day degrees). The
NutriLOGIC program allows for petiole
nitrate analysis data to be entered and a
calculation of the growing day degrees
made and the N fertilizer requirement is
estimated. Table 9-2 refers to nutrient
concentrations found in petiole sampled
at 750 day degrees. Refer to chapters
Leaf and petiole analysis and
NutriLOGIC predicting N fertilizer
requirements of cotton.

Table 9-1.
Soil analysis and
interpretation

NUTRIpak

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Table 9-2.
Optimum nutrient concentrations in
leaves and petiole samples at flowering.

Leaf analysis: The youngest mature


leaf is normally sampled; this usually
corresponds to the fifth node from the
top of the plant. Leaves can be sampled
from squaring to boll fill. The optimum
concentration range for the essential
plant nutrients is given in
Table 9-2.

Table 9-3.
Leaf nutrient concentrations assessed
throughout the cotton season - the cotton
crop yielded more than 9 bales/ha.

NUTRIpak a practical guide to cotton nutrition

However, the concentrations of some


nutrients change with leaf age and the
stage of crop growth. Leaf N, for example,
declines with time, whereas leaf Ca
increases. An indication of the changes
in leaf nutrient concentrations is given
in Table 9-3.

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