General Fertility Management
North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual, Chapter 4, Fertilizer Use
Soil Facts publications, North Carolina State University Soil Science Department
Reference Sufficiency Ranges for Plant Analysis in the Southern Region of the United States
North Carolina Department of Agricultural & Consumer Services Soil, Plant, & Waste Analysis Report Information
Nutrient Management and Realistic Yield Expectations (RYE) for North Carolina
Nutrient Management Planning Computer Program for North Carolina
IFA World Fertilizer Use Manual
This gives a general discussion of fertilizers and their efficient use, and information on more than 100 crops.
It provides a global perspective on issues, but does not necessarily represent appropriate management information
for North Carolina conditions.
Crop Problem Diagnosis Worksheet
This worksheet directs a producer, agent, or consultant to organize information related to a specific field problem.
Two pages are designed for recording field observations and management records. Three pages are designed to assist
in interpreting information.
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Corn
The North Carolina Corn Production Guide
Scouting Corn in North Carolina
No-till management issues
No-till in the North Carolina Blacklands
(a presentation made at the 22nd Southern Conservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable
Agriculture in 1999 by Carl R. Crozier and Sam Brake)
Small Grains
Fertilizer and lime management for small grains:
Part I - Nitrogen
Fertilizer and lime management for small grains:
Part II -Neuse River Regulations for Wheat: How much Nitrogen is Enough?
Fertilizer and lime management for small grains:
Part II - Lime, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, manganese, copper, magnesium, and calcium
Irish Potato
Potato health management in eastern North Carolina
Potato vine premature decline
Plant Pathology Disease Note
Fertilizer and Soil Fertility Management References
General Information
Soil Fertility and Fertilizers: An Introduction to Nutrient Management 7th Ed.
Havlin, John L., Samuel L. Tisdale, Werner L. Nelson, and James D. Beaton.
Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ. ISBN: 0130278246
Fertilizer 101
The Fertilizer Institute, Washington, DC. 2010.
Western Fertilizer Handbook: Third Horticulture Edition
Peir, J., D. Barlow. ISBN-10: 098445750X
Photographs of Visual Deficiency Symptoms
Hungry Crops: a guide to nutrient deficiencies in field crops.
1987. Grundon, N.J. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane.
ISBN 0 7242 2315 0.
Plant Nutrient Disorders, 3: Vegetable Crops. 1993. Weir, R.G.,
and G.C. Cresswell. Inkata
Press, Melbourne. ISBN 0-909605-91-2.
Diagnosis of Mineral Disorders in Plants, vol. 2: Vegetables.
1983. Scaife, A., and M.
Turner. Chemical Publishing, NY. ISBN 0-8206-0307-4.
North Carolina Manual
Crop Fertilization Based on North Carolina Soil Tests. 1996.
Tucker, M.R., J.K. Messick,
C.C. Carter. Circular No. 1, NCDA Agronomic Division, Raleigh,
NC.
Southeast Regional Manual
2013 Southeastern U.S. Vegetable Crop Handbook (.pdf)
Soil Fertility Main Page
Current research and updates are performed by Dr. Carl Crozier and Neil Hardison (Technician).
Dr. Crozier's office is located at the Vernon James Research & Extension Center
at Tidewater Research Station in Plymouth, NC.
Dr. Carl Crozier can be reached at (252) 793-4428 ext. 134, and via email with
carl_crozier@ncsu.edu.
Last Updated: February 15, 2013 by Neil Hardison.
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