Abstracts

Malley, D.F., P.D. Martin, L. M. McClintock, L. Yesmin, R.G. Eilers, and P. Haluschak. 2000. Feasibility of analyzing archived Canadian prairie agricultural soils by near infrared reflectance spectroscopy. pp 579-585. A.M.C. Davies and R. Giangiacomo (eds). Near Infrared Spectroscopy: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference. NIR Publications, Chichester UK.

The results presented show the feasibility of measuring a number of important parameters of Canadian Prairie soil by NIR spectroscopy. Even though the soil samples included various soil types and horizons, good to moderately good calibrations were developed using NIR spectroscopy for %C, %N, %clay, CEC, Ca and Mg. Use of NIR spectroscopy in soil science promises to improve the rapidity and cost-effectiveness of sample analysis.