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Plant Tissue Testing: How Precise Is My Lab Data?
Author(s) -
Hopkins Bryan G.,
Cardon Grant E.,
Lawley John R.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.1002/crso.20113
Subject(s) - measure (data warehouse) , computer science , reading (process) , plant tissue , scale (ratio) , precision agriculture , agricultural engineering , data science , agriculture , data mining , engineering , ecology , biology , geography , cartography , botany , political science , law
The carpenter’s adage of “measure twice and cut once” is an important one in most things we do. But how precise is the tape measure capable of providing that information? In plant tissue analysis, we need to have an understanding of what is realistic with regard to the precision provided by laboratories and not attempt to interpret the results to a finer scale than what is actually achieved. Agricultural and environmental laboratories doing plant analysis are capable of great precision. However, some methods have good precision, and others are relatively less precise. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Crop Management by reading the article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/education/classroom/classes/981 .