ID

Parameter

Method

Reference

1

pH

1:2.5 soil/water

(Thomas, 1996)

2

Exchangeable bases

NH4OAc saturation method

(Chapman, 1965)

3

Soil organic matter

Walkley-Black wet digestion

(Walkley & Black, 1934)

4

Total nitrogen

Kjeldahl analysis

(Mulvaney, 1982)

5

Available phosphorus

Olsen’s method

(Troug, 1930)

6

Particle Size

Pipette Method

(Kettler, 2001)

7

Bulk Density

Undisturbed Core Method

(Blake, 1986)

8

Cu, Zn and Fe

(DTPA) extraction method

(Udo, bia, Ogunwale, Ano, & I.E. Esu, 2009)