more... > Plant, Environmental & Soil Sciences > Service Labs >    Soil Testing and Plant Analysis Laboratory   The Laboratory offers a variety of soil, plant tissue and water tests to general public and research community. With integrated effort from both research and extension agronomists, the LSU AgCenter Soil Testing and Plant Analysis Laboratory is the only laboratory that incorporates latest Louisiana-specific soil fertility research in its recommendation system to help farmers to meet today's challenges in agricultural production. The laboratory is located at Madison B. Sturgis Hall in Room 126.  Please visit our website at http://www.lsuagcenter.com/stpal or contact us via email at mailto:stpal@agcenter.lsu.edu.       Cotton Fiber Testing Laboratory    The Cotton Fiber Testing Laboratory functions as a fiber quality testing facility for Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station cotton researchers. It also cooperates with USDA in the International Cotton Calibration Standards Program and High Volume Instrument System check level programs. It also functions as a fiber quality testing facility for other Agricultural Experiment Stations and commercial concerns on a fee basis. It is one of five designated labs which cooperates in establishing calibration cottons used by the cotton industry for instrument calibration and standardization of results. Samples are evaluated using a High Volume Instrument System in conjunction with conventional fiber testing instruments.     Coastal Wetlands Soils Characterization Lab (Wet Soils Lab) The Coastal Wetlands Soils Characterization Lab is located in M.B. Sturgis Hall, room 324 and 328. The primary purpose of the lab is to characterize both hydric and nonhydric soils, particularly in the coastal wetland areas. The lab provides services to various private businesses and industries as well as university-wide research projects for AgCenter and LSU. The lab also services State and Federal government agencies. The test procedures follow the Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual. Procedures can also be modified to meet customer’s requirements. Please feel free to contact Manoch Kongchum by phone at (225) 578-1994 or by email at wetsoilslab@agcenter.lsu.edu for further information.  Soil Test Request Form Samples can be delivered by hand or sent to: Wet Soils Lab 104 Sturgis Hall School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Science Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803     Central Analytical Instruments Research Laboratory The Central Analytical Instruments Research Laboratory (CAIRL) at the School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, is located in Room 312, Sturgis Hall, South Tower Drive, LSU Campus, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The mission of CAIRL is to provide research-oriented analytical services to the School faculty members, other campus and branch station faculty members, as well as the general public. The Laboratory performs analyses on water, plant digests, soil extractions, and other environmental matrices. The CAIRL is committed to QA/QC principles and practices that ensure the accuracy and precision of results. While the analyses are performed primarily using established routine methods, the Laboratory is also willing to adopt novel methods to meet specific needs of clients on a case by case basis. Please visit our website at: http://www.spess.lsu.edu/cairl/index.html       104 Sturgis Hall - LSU · 137 J.C. Miller Hall - LSU · Baton Rouge, LA · 70803 Phone: (225) 578-2110 · Fax: (225) 578-1403 Salinity Test Protocol Contains the protocols and form required for assessing soil salinity following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. STPAL Useful Links Provides links to additional Web sites. Available Tests and Fees Soil testing by the Central Analytical Instruments Research Laboratory includes soil analysis, turbidity, total organic carbon, phosphate, nitrate, and inorganic oxygen demand along with other informative analysis. People People  more articles... Forms Forms links Links to related sites such as the Soil Testing and Plant Analysis Laboratory, School of Plant, Envirionmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana Extension Parish Offices, Louisiana Best Management Practices (BMPs) of Agronomic Crops CAIRL Facilities [Image: Inductively Coupled Plasma Analyzer ] CAIRL has a wide variety of analytical instruments to do various analayses of water quality, pollution chemistry and organic chemistry. For example, the Varion 3800C Gas Chromatography has an FID and ECD detector and is customized to analyze gas samples mainly for CH4, CO2 and N2O. Another piece of equipment is the Pyrolysis GC/MS CDS 5000 pyroprobe attached inline with Varian 3900 GC and Saturn 2000 Masspec. Contact [Image: Syam Dodla ] Contact information for the Central Analytical Instruments Research Laboratory including email, phone number, and physical location and address. The School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Science (Madison B. Sturgis Hall) is located at the corner of Tower Drive and Highland Road on the LSU Campus. The laboratory is on the third floor in Room 312. Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions Wet Soils Testing Request Form Forms for requesting wet soil testing. How to Take Soil Samples [Image: Step 1] Illustration of soil sampling procedure. How to take plant samples Provides links to field and vegetable crop tissue sampling procedures. Fertilizer Conversion Table for Small Area Calculation conversions for producers to use when converting fertilizer recommendation for a small area About the Laboratory Provides information about the Soil Testing and Plant Analysis Laboratory (STPAL). The laboratory offers a variety of soil, plant tissue and water tests to the general public and research community.