Synopsis Based on the three-and-a-half decades of experience in soil, plant and water analysis, the authors have prepared this user-friendly laboratory manual giving the much needed and simplified version of the analytical procedures. Along with the basic principles of different analytical methods, easy-to-understand basics of instrumentation are also provided for the benefit of all users in general and students in particular. The book has major chapters on simplified methods of soil testing, plant analysis, irrigation water quality assessment and soil-test based fertilizer recommendations, besides a few selected special tests.