Phosphorus, Bray-1 Extractable, for non-calcareous soils

Phosphorus is extracted by shaking 1 g of air dried soil in 10 mL of 0.025 M HCl and 0.03 M NH4F for 5 minutes. Phosphorus is determined on the filtrate by the molybdate-blue method using ascorbic acid as a reductant. Color development is measured at 880 nm on a Brinkmann PC 900 probe colorimeter.

(See Method Reference No. 24)

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