Research Methods in Plant Sciences Allelopathy, Vol. 1: Soil Analysis

Allelopathy is a new field of science, as the term 'Allelopathy' was coined by Prof. Hans Molisch, a German Plant Physiologist in 1937. Till now a lot of Allelopathy research work has been done in various fields of Agricultural and Plant Sciences. However, there is no compilation of various Research Methods used. Every scientist is conducting research in his own way which causes problems to researchers working in underdeveloped/Third World Countries in small towns without Library facilities. Therefore, to make available the standard methods for conducting allelopathy research independently, this multi-volume series has been planned. Since allelopathy is a multi-disciplinary area of research, each volume is dedicated to a different discipline.

Volume 1 of the series, "Soil Analysis", consists of 20 chapters, describing the methods to analyse various types of soil properties. The book is divided into three sections: General, Physio-chemical properties and Soil microbiology. It provides complete information for Soil Analysis in simple and lucid language; the text is accompanied by figures/illustrations.

The book will prove very useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and teaching faculty for classroom and laboratory experiments, as well as for research.