Benefits of our sleuth of testing services:
- Provides information that may help to make agronomic decisions to improve soil health/soil regeneration and quality yields.
- Provide information that may help to improve fertilizer use efficiency
- Provide information that may help to manage compost and compost tea production.
- Monitor the effects of different feedstocks in compost and vermicompost.
Direct Microscopy Assessment identifies
Active Bacteria and Active Fungi populations responsible for the mineralization or availability of plant needed nutrients from soil, fertilizers (organic and inorganic), compost, compost teas and biostimulants as well as the immobilization of these nutrients. $60.00
Total Bacteria and Total Fungi populations are responsible for sustainable sources of nutrient acquisition, improving soil structure and health, and plant/root growth. $70.00
Protozoa are indicators of adequate nutrient cycling in soil, compost and compost teas. They are sensitive to climate changes and management inputs they can are great indicators of soil stress, soil recovery or regeneration, and compost maturity. $80.00
Nematodes (trophic groups) like protozoa nematodes are great indicators of carbon and nutrient cycling health. $80.00
Mycorrhizal Fungi Colonization. Mycorrhizal fungi are the best indicators of plant and soil health. MF can provide insight into fertilizer management practices. $80.00
Functional Group Assessment
Identifies groups of bacteria in soil, compost, compost teas, biostimulants and inoculums or biologicals responsible for
- Nutrient Acquisition that makes Nitrate, Phosphorus, Iron, Manganese and Zinc soluble and available.Disease Suppression PotentialSoil Structure and potential for soil recovery or regeneration
Cost: $280.00
Functional Group Assessment involves the use of specialized media to grow bacteria that contain the appropriate enzymes which categorizes the bacteria into the following groups:
- Free Living Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
- Heterotrophic Bacteria
- Pseudomonads
- Endosporeforming Bacteria
- Phosphorus Solubilizing Bacteria
- Cellulose Degrading Bacteria
- Chitin Utilizing Bacteria Add another $145.00 per sample
DNA assessment
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