The publications listed below reflect the activities of this group and represent a significant effort towards increasing uniformity in soil testing and plant analysis programs in the Southern Region.

As of June 25, 2013, the current chair, vice-chair, and secretary are to serve as reviewers of the publications unless one of the officers is the author or if one of the officers is unable due to time constraints or feels another member of sera-ieg-6 would have more expertise. If one of the officers is unable to review the publication, then the chair must find another reviewer.

Procedures for submitting publications:

  1. Author emails paper to chair.
  2. Chair dates paper and forwards to reviewers.
  3. Reviews are returned back to the chair for consolidation within 4 weeks.
  4. Chair consolidates reviews and sends back to author within 1 week.
  5. Author makes changes or discusses any concerns with the chair, then sends the final paper back to the chair within 3 weeks.
  6. On receiving the final paper, the chair forwards it to the webmaster for posting.
Title Date Editor
Soil Test Methods from the Southeastern United States (So. Coop. Ser. Bull. No. 419) (ISBN#1-58161-419-5) January 2014 Frank Sikora, Kentucky
Kathy Moore, Clemson
Research-based Soil Testing and Recommendations for Cotton on Coastal Plain Soils (So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 410) January 2010 C. C. Mitchell
Auburn University
Recommended Methods of Manure Analysis April 2003 John Peters
Wisconsin-Madison
Reference Sufficiency Ranges for Plant Analysis in the Southern Region of the United States (So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 394.) July 2000 C. R. Campbell
North Carolina
Soil Sampling Procedures for the Southern Region of the United States (So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 377, 40 p.) March 1994 W. O. Thom & Wayne Sabbe
Kentucky & Arkansas
Research-Based Soil Testing Interpretation and Fertilizer Recommendations for Peanuts on Coastal Plain Soils (So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 380, 33 p.) May 1994 C. C. Mitchell
Auburn
Plant Analysis Reference Procedures for the Southern Region of the United States (So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 368, 71 p.) May 1992 C. O. Plank
Georgia
Reference Soil and Media Diagnostic Procedures for the Southern Region of the United States (So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 374, 47 p.) August 1992 S. J. Donohue
Virginia Tech
Procedures and Practices Followed by Southern State Soil Testing Laboratories for Making Liming Recommendations (So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 332, 13 p.) February 1988 G. Kidder
Florida
Procedures Used by State Soil Testing Laboratories in the Southern Region of the United States (So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 409, 25 p. Revised) November 1984
Revised 1998
Revised 2001
Revised March, 2007
Revised August, 2009
Revised June, 2013
G.V. Johnson, OK, 1984-1990
E.A. Hanlon, FL, 1991-2000
H.J. Savoy, TN, 2001-2013
Reference Soil Test Methods for the Southern Region of the United States (So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 289, 40 p.) September 1983 S. J. Donohue
Virginia Tech
Procedures Used by State Soil-Testing Laboratories in the Southern Region of the United States (So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 190, 23 p. Revised) July 1974 W. E. Sabbe & H. L. Breland
Arkansas
Procedures Used by State Soil-Testing Laboratories in the Southern Region of the United States (So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 102, 49 p.) June 1965 N. R. Page
Clemson