Pratt collecting soil sample (IMAGE)

American Society of Agronomy

Pratt collecting soil sample

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Richard Pratt uses a probe in the tepary bean research plots to obtain a soil sample. The samples will be sent to an analytical lab to measure levels of nutrients and microbes (mostly bacteria and fungi) in the soil.

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Josh Bachman

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