<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Comparative Evaluation of Inductively Coupled Plasma–Optical Emission Spectroscopy and Atomic Absorption&#13;
Spectrophotometry for Determining DTPA-Extractable Micronutrients in Soils</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">M</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Sunitha</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">K L</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Sahrawat</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S P</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Wani</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>A study was conducted for comparative evaluation of atomic absorption&#13;
spectrophotometry (AAS) and inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectroscopy&#13;
(ICP-OES) for determining extractable zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), manganese&#13;
(Mn), and iron (Fe) in sixty diverse soil samples having a wide range in pH and organic&#13;
carbon (C). The results were significantly affected by the method of analysis and soil&#13;
type but generally did not follow a definite trend. Results for extractable Fe in Alfisol&#13;
samples were significantly greater when using ICP-OES than AAS; and the results for&#13;
Zn, Cu, and Mn were not significantly different for the two methods. For Vertisol samples,&#13;
the results for extractable Cu were significantly greater by ICP-OES than by AAS,&#13;
whereas extractable Fe and Zn were significantly greater by AAS than by ICP-OES,&#13;
and the results for Mn were not significantly different for the two methods. The results&#13;
are discussed relative to soil type and differences in soil organic carbon and pH of the&#13;
samples used in the study.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Soil Science</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2015</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>Taylor &amp; Francis</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Article</mods:genre></mods:mods>