• Project or Activity Designation and Number: SERA-IEG-6
• Project or Activity Title: Nutrient Analysis of Soils, Plants, Water, and Waste Materials
• Period Covered: September 9, 2004 - June 7, 2005
• Annual Meeting Dates: Annual meeting, Stillwater, Oklahoma, June 5-7,2005
• Participants: A list of SERA-IEG-6 members and participants in the 2005 meeting along with a record of the minutes from this meeting can be found at the   following URL: http://www.clemson.edu/agsrvlb/sera6 - click on Participants.  Address for the list-server is sera-ieg-6-L@clemson.edu.
• Project or Activity Leadership: Activity Leadership:

           Chair – Hubert J. Savoy, hsavoy@utk.edu

           Past Chair – Ray Campbell, crcampb@bellsouth.net

           Chair-elect – Hailin Zhang, haz@mail.pss.okstate.edu

           Secretary – Rao Mylavarapo, raom@ufl.edu

           Research Administrative Advisor – Bob Westerman, rwester@okstate.edu

           Extension Administrative Advisor – David Kissel, dkissel@arches.uga.edu

• Brief summary of minutes of annual meeting: Please refer to meeting minutes at the following URL: www.clemson.edu/agsrvlb/sera6
• Accomplishments and Impacts: The work-group continues to be a forum for interaction of members concerning soil, plant, waste, and water analysis issues. The group focuses on appropriate laboratory procedures and recommendations for use in the southern region. Standardization is encouraged whenever possible within the region. This has significant impact on national efforts to effectively and efficiently utilize our lime and fertilizer resources while protecting the environment and improving water quality.

The 2005 annual meeting was hosted by Oklahoma State. Dr. Robert E. Whitson, Vice President of Agricultural Programs and Dean and Director for the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Oklahoma State University welcomed the group to Stillwater.

During the coming year, efforts will be focused on completing bulletins in various stages of preparation.  Group priorities and future needs were suggested as a topic for the next meeting as the group prepares for a renewal request in 2007.

Clemson has agreed to host the 2006 SERA-IEG-6 meeting.

Cooperative Research Projects/Bulletins: Bulletin 190 has been completed and submitted to the Directors. Upon approval it will be posted on the web site. Other bulletins completed during the year and already posted on the web site include: A New Method for Measuring Lime Buffer Capacity, Kissel and Vendrell; Conversion Equations for Soil Test Extractants: Mehlich 1 and Mehlich 3, Sikora et al.; A New Method for Measuring Soil pH, Kissel and Vendrell.

Publications in Progress: Regional Cotton Fertility Bulletin- In Progress, Charles Mitchell will write bulk of bulletin along with Carl Crozier and Glen Harris; Deficiency Symptoms for Crops in the Southern Region of the United States- Web Site collection of photographs describing nutrient deficiency symptoms for important crops of the Southern Region. No update was given; a fact sheet on CEC is still in progress. Leticia Sonon has agreed to take over the lead in that effort. A fact sheet on copper deficiency in animals is in progress by Debbie Joines and Paul Vendrell.

• New Publications: An effort will be led by Frank Sikora to combine Bulletin 374 with the older 289. A Bulletin concerning water analyses will be developed by Paul Vendrell et al. David Kissel will lead an effort to develop a regional video on soil testing that can be customized by each participating state.
• Prepared by: Dr. Hubert J. Savoy, Chair 
• Submitted by: Drs. Robert Westerman and David Kissel
• Date Submitted: July 5, 2005