Soil and Plant Testing

Extension publications

• Relationship between Haney Soil Health test’s (HSHT) H3A-4 and Mehlich-3 Extractable Nutrients in West TN Soils. 2025. Adotey, N., Yin, F. Florence, R., and R. Blair. UT Extension Publication W1318.
• A Row Crop Producer’s Guide to Applying Poultry Litter Directly to Soybean at Planting. 2025. Hawkins, H., McClure, A., McNeal, J., Adotey, N., Duncan, L., Walker, F., and Tabler, T. UT Extension Publication W1292.
• Converting between Mehlich 1 and 3 Soil Test Values for West Tennessee Soils. 2024. Adotey, N., Logwood, S., Florence, R., Duncan, L., Blair, R., Raper, T., Walker, F., Yin, F., McNeal, J., Hawkins, S. UT Extension Publication. W 1223
• Soil Testing for Commercial Farmers. 2023. Adotey, N., Savoy, H.J., Walker, F., and Florence R. UT Extension Publication. W 1194.
• Site-Specific Soil Sampling. Duncan, L. 2023. Adotey, N., and Florence R. UT Extension Publication. W 1191.
• No-till and Reduced Tillage. 2023. Adotey, N. and D. Flaten. SERA17 Phosphorus Conservation Practices Fact Sheets.
• Fertilizer Recommendations for Corn. 2022. Adotey, N., Walker, F., McClure, A.M., Duncan, L., Blair, R., and Florence, R. UT Extension Publication. PB 1905.
• Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management in Soybean (TENNESSEE SOYBEAN
  PRODUCTION HANDBOOK CHAPTER 5): 2022. Adotey, N. UT Extension publication,
  PB 1912-E.
• Fertilizer Recommendations for Corn in Tennessee. 2022. Adotey, N. M.A. McClure, F.
  Walker, L. Duncan, R. Blair, and R. Florence. UT Extension publication, PB 1905.
• Visual Symptoms: A Handy Tool in Identifying Nutrient Deficiency in Corn, Cotton and Soybean. 2021. Adotey N., A.M. McClure, T.B. Raper, and R. Florence. Extension Publication, W976.
• UT fertility recommendations for Tennessee row crops. Row crop sustainability. 2015. Duncan, L., H.J. Savoy, and D. Joines. Extension Publication, SP763.
• Soil Testing. 2012. Savoy, H.J., and D.K. Joines.  Extension Publication, PB 1061.
• Procedures Used by State Soil Testing Laboratories in the Southern Region of the United States. 2009. Savoy, H.J. Southern Cooperative Series bulletin 407, formerly listed as 190D.

UTIA magazine or newsletter articles

• In-season Tissue Testing for Crop Nutrition | UT Crops News.
• Post-harvest soil fertility consideration | UT Crops News.
• Converting Between Mehlich 1 and 3 Soil Test Values for West Tennessee Soils | UT Crops News.
• Nutrient Management in Cotton During Drought Conditions | UT Crops News.
• In-season Plant Testing Interpretation During Dry Soil Conditions | UT Crops News.
• Does boron fertilizer use increase corn and soybean yields? | UT Crops News.

Abstracts from scientific or discipline meetings, papers from conference proceedings

• Grant T., H.J. Savoy and B. Leib. 2014. Precision Soil Sampling Strategies for Agricultural Fields of West Tennessee. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA Nov. 2-15, 2014.