Prescient diagnostic analysis: a proposed new approach to evaluating plant nutrient diagnostic methods
Beverly, R.B.; Hallmark, W.B.
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 23(17-20): 2633-2640
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0010-3624 DOI: 10.1080/00103629209368761
Accession: 002464989
To serve as a useful guide to fertilizer management, a nutrient diagnostic method should identify cases in which a nutrient limits yield, as well as cases in which the nutrient does not limit yield. Erroneous diagnoses can lead either to unnecessary fertilizer application or failure to apply fertilizer when a yield response would result.