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International Journal of Agronomy
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 130254, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/130254
Research Article

Determining Critical Soil pH for Grain Sorghum Production

Katy Butchee,1 Daryl B. Arnall,2 Apurba Sutradhar,2 Chad Godsey,2 Hailin Zhang,2 and Chad Penn2

1Department of Agriculture, Western Oklahoma State College, 2801 N. Main, Altus, OK 73521, USA
2Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA

Received 7 March 2012; Revised 29 May 2012; Accepted 31 May 2012

Academic Editor: David Clay

Copyright © 2012 Katy Butchee et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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