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EN ISO 14240-2:2011

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Soil quality - Determination of soil microbial biomass - Part 2: Fumigation-extraction method (ISO 14240-2:1997)

Published date

22-06-2011

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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definition
4 Principle
5 Materials and reagents
6 Apparatus
7 Fumigation and extraction
8 Determination of carbon in the extracts
9 Precision
Annex A (normative) - Measurement of water-holding
        capacity of soil
Annex B (informative) - Estimation of soil microbial
        biomass in soils containing large amounts of
        living roots - Pre-extraction procedure
Annex C (informative) - Results of an interlaboratory
        trial
Annex D (informative) - Bibliography

Gives a method for the determination of microbial biomass of soils by measurement of total extractable organic biomass material mainly from freshly killed microorganisms. It is also applicable to the estimation of microbial nitrogen and ninhydrin-reactive nitrogen in soil.

Committee
CEN/TC 444
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
Comite Europeen de Normalisation
Status
Current

ISO 10381-6:2009 Soil quality Sampling Part 6: Guidance on the collection, handling and storage of soil under aerobic conditions for the assessment of microbiological processes, biomass and diversity in the laboratory
ISO 11274:1998 Soil quality Determination of the water-retention characteristic Laboratory methods
ISO 10390:2005 Soil quality Determination of pH
ISO 10694:1995 Soil quality — Determination of organic and total carbon after dry combustion (elementary analysis)

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