Tree Fruit Soils and Nutrition











 

 

General Soil Science Links:

Soil Science Society of America homepage: http://www.soils.org/

Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at WSU: http://css.wsu.edu/

Soil Quality Institute Homepage: http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/

Sciences of Soils- Soil Sciences on the web: http://hintze-online.com/sos/soils-online.html

Online soil glossary of terms: http://www.soils.org/sssagloss/

National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists Homepage: http://www.nscss.org/

Intro soils info can be found here: http://www.pedosphere.com/

Intro soils class with info online from Penn State University: http://www.agronomy.psu.edu/Courses/SOILS101/Soils101.html

WWW virtual library soils and substrates: http://www.metla.fi/info/vlib/soils/#3

Basic soils class from the University of Alberta (click on soils 201): http://www.soils.rr.ualberta.ca/

 

Soil Classification Info:

Introduction to the world of soils (soil classification site): http://www.oz.uc.edu/~heflindm/Welcome.html

Keys to soil taxonomy: http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/keytax/RevKeysSoilTax2_99.pdf

The 12 soil orders (University of Idaho site): http://soils.ag.uidaho.edu/soilorders/

Soil survey info: http://wwwscas.cit.cornell.edu/landeval/le_notes/s494ch6p.htm#3

Soil maps: http://feature.geography.wisc.edu/sco/maps/m_soils.html

Soil orders: http://soils.ag.uidaho.edu/teaching/soils206/orders/index.htm .

 

General Microbiology Info and Soil Microbiology Sites:

Cool microbiology site (was a pbs series): http://www.pbs.org/opb/intimatestrangers/

Glossary of soil microbiology terms: http://www.ifas.ufl.edu:7100/~dmsa/glossary.htm

Soil microbiology and biochemistry links: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/pr_s3sm/soilslks.htm

KSU soil microbiology lab manual: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/pr_sme/lab/welcome.htm

Great microbiology site (The microbe zoo): http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/

Another great microbiology site (the microbe world): http://www.microbeworld.org/mlc/pages/education.asp

Soil microbiology web site from Iowa State University (click on the short videos) http://www.public.iastate.edu/~teloynac/485out.html

Some specific soil organisms web sites:

protozoa 
http://megasun.bch.umontreal.ca/protists/gallery.html

soil invertebrates
http://insect-world.com/main/soileco.html

earthworms
http://res.agr.ca/lond/pmrc/faq/earthwor.html
http://www.agron.iastate.edu/~loynachan/mov/
http://www.soils.agri.umn.edu/research/ars/eeae.html
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/invert/wormsnd/wormsnd.htm

nematodes
http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/soil/photogallery.html

Other Links:

WSU Crop and Soil Sciences Department

Center for Sustaining Agriculture & Natural Resources

Soils of Washington Interactive Map -VERY COOL!!

NEW!! Soil Art

NEW!! World Soil Resources

National Soil Survey CenterSoil Science Education Website

National Soil Survey Home

Tokul- Washington's State Soil (photo and description)

SSSA Soil Biology and Biochemistry links

University Soil Science Departments

Soil Science Society of America

BLM-Soil Biological Communities

The WWW virtual library/forestry/soils and substrates

Official Soil Series Description, USDA-NRCS-NSDAF

The Soil Survey Division website

Soil Information Systems Lab at Cornell Univeristy

National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists, Inc

Here's a free screen saver for Win 95/98 & NT featuring Soil Order Maps and Photos

Soil and Water Web (lots of great links)

 

 

 

Updated July 9, 2004

 

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