First lab managers’ meeting of the South-East Asia Laboratory NETwork (SEALNET 2.0) - Quality improvement in Asian soil laboratories: towards standardization and harmonization of soil analyses and their interpretation, Bogor, Indonesia, 20 - 24 November 2017.

1. INDIA
Bhopal
Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian
Institute of Soil Science
(Department of Agricultural Research and Education,
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare)
Institute
Laboratories

2. 1. Laboratory staff
Number of staff: Scientist: 48
Technical: 17
Experience in lab testing:
> 5 years
< 5 years
45
20
Experience in lab management:
> 5 years
< 5 years
10
-

3. 2. Photo(s) of staff

4. 3. Laboratories
How many different rooms? Six Laboratories
and many rooms
How many m2
of laboratory space?
(approximately)
2000 m2

5. 4. Photo of Institute Building

6. 4. Photos of Laboratories

7. 4. Photos of Laboratories

8. 5. Photos of Equipment
Water
Distillation
Weighing BalanceEC Meter
pH Meter

9. 5. Photos of equipment
AAS
N Estimation
UV Visible Spectrophotometer Flame Photometer

10. 5. Photos of Equipment
ICP
GC BET Sorptometer

11. 5. Photos of Equipment
C/N Analyzer TOC Analyzer
Mid Infrared Spectroscopy

12. 5. Photos of Equipment
Mridaparikshak-Mini Lab Developed by the Institute

13. Smart Soil Pro
•Measures parameters and displays results
•Around 15 samples/day
•Results can be sent to farmer’s mobile
•A soil health card can be generated by using software

14. Mridaparikshak mini lab being
demonstrated to Hon’ble
Union Minister of Agriculture
Mridaparikshak mini
lab being distributed
to rural youth by
Hon’ble Prime
Minister of India

15. 6. Proficiency testing
Has your lab joined a proficiency testing (PT) program?
No

16. 7. Accreditation
ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science is a premier R&D institute
engaged in soil research

17. 8. Data interpretation
Yes
Do you provide interpretation of soil results to your clients?
Method Units Rating
Low Moderate High
Carbon Walkley and Black (% C) ≤ 0.5 0.51-0.75 > 0.75
Nitrogen Subbaiah and Asija,
1966
(N (kg/ha)) ≤ 280 281-560 > 560
Phosphorus Olsen (P (kg/ha) ≤ 10 10.1-25
> 25
Potassium Neutral 1 N Am. Ac.
extraction
(K(kg/ha)) ≤ 120 121-280 >280

18. Category Organic
carbon (%)
P(kg/ha) K (kg/ha) N(kg/ha)
VL < 0.25 <5 <60 <140
L 0.25- 0.50 5-10 60-120 140-280
M 0.5-0.75 10-25 120-280 280-560
H 0.75-1.0 25-40 280-560 560-700
VH >1.0 >40 >560 >700
PX2.29=P2
O2
KX1.205=K2
O
Possible Soil Test Ratings
Recommendations
Category Recommendation
VL 1.67 times of GRD
L 1.33 times of GRD
M General Recommended Dose (GRD)
H 2/3rd of GRD
VH 1/3rd of GRD

19. 9. Interpretation report

20. 9. Interpretation report

21. 10. Soil analysis in the country
How many routine laboratories exist in your
country? 1574
Are they ‘mobile’ laboratories?
Out of 1574 laboratories, 1454 are static and
120 are mobile laboratories
Are the soil test kits commonly used?
Lately, Yes

22. 11. Strength/weakness
What do you think your lab is strong at?
Strong at R&D, Soil Testing Advisory based on Soil Test Crop Response
Calibration Equations (Targeted Yield Equations)
What do you think that could be improved?
We are enhancing the laboratory space, and increasing the technical
manpower and their analytical capability through capacity building
programmes
What do you wish to get improved after our meeting ?
•Understanding the protocols of estimations of different countries would
provide us opportunity to fine tune our methodology for comparable
interpretations of results, and ensure better reproducibility of data
•Availability/accessibility of international reference sample
•Opportunity of inter-laboratory comparisons

23. https://issuu.com/khonjelorg/docs/soil_health_card_2015
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