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Synopsis This book consists of 12 chapters, describing the methods to analyse various nutrients in plants. The book is divided into two sections: General and Determination of plant nutrients. The section I. General, provides very elementary and basic information about the various equipments and apparatus used to determine plant nutrients and preparation of Reagents etc. Further, methods of collecting plant samples and their digestion have been described. In Section II. Determination of Plant Nutrients, 8 Chapters describes methods of determining various plant nutrients (carbon, Nitrogen, Phospherus, Potassium, Sodium, calcium, Magnesium, Sulphur, Micronutrients and toxic metals). It will prove very useful to under-graduate and post graduate students and teaching faculty for Class room and laboratory experiments as well as for research.