Soil testing is a crucial practice in agriculture that helps determine the nutrient content, pH level, and other important characteristics of soil. The purpose of soil testing is to assess the soil's suitability for crop growth and to provide recommendations for optimizing crop yields. When we talk about "soil test crop response," we are referring to how the results of a soil test can influence crop management and improve crop yields. Here's how it works:

In summary, "soil test crop response" refers to the process of using soil testing to assess soil nutrient levels and pH, followed by the application of appropriate fertilizers and soil amendments to optimize crop growth and yield. Monitoring the crop's performance helps fine-tune future soil management practices for sustainable and efficient agriculture.

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CI provided a detailed response. The two things I would add are that you need to choose agronomic tests that are suited to your soils and that trials need to be conducted to stablish the relation between test value and plant response in your environment. The second thing is to consider is using plant analysis to complement soil analysis. Satisfactory/ critical concentrations of most elements are published for the foliage of most commercial plants

Dear Dr. Suneel Kumar A "soil test crop response" refers to the relationship between the results of a soil test and the actual performance or response of a crop grown in that soil. In short, it indicates how a specific crop is likely to respond to the nutrient levels and soil conditions identified through soil testing. STCR means assessing how well a crop will grow based on the information obtained from a soil test, helping farmers make informed decisions about fertilization and soil management to optimize crop yield and health.

Soil Test Crop Response (STCR) is now considered the most preferred or advocated crop fertilizer recommendation strategy or procedure.

A soil test provides the requisite information about the amounts of nutrients available in the soil and their imbalances while fertilizer recommendations aim at correcting the imbalances in nutrients according to crop requirements. This STCR approach is also called Fertilizer Recommendations based on the targeted yield approach.

Its advantage

1. It ensures the achievement of desired yield target within 10 % deviation under optimum management conditions. 2. Efficient use of fertilizers according to soil fertility and crop requirement ensures high profit and response to applied fertilizers.

3. It ensures the maintenance of soil fertility at appropriate levels in cropping systems for sustainable crop production.

4. It offers a wide choice of fixing appropriate yield targets according to the availability of resources and soil fertility.

5. Suitable crop rotations can be adopted from the point of view of the relative ability of crops and crop varieties to utilize soil and fertilizer nutrients.