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International

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United States

Alabama Return to the top	Auburn University, College of Agriculture, Agronomy and Soils URL: http://www.ag.auburn.edu/dept/ay/ Source: Auburn University Contact: jtouchto@acesag.auburn.edu Alabama A&M, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Plant and Soil Science URL: http://saes.aamu.edu/pscd.htm Source: Alabama A&M Contact: GSharma@aamu.edu
Alaska Return to the top	University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, Department of Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences URL: http://www.lter.alaska.edu/~salrm/school/pass.html Source: University of Alaska Fairbanks Contact: ffsds@uaf.edu
Arizona Return to the top	University of Arizona, College of Agriculture, Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science URL: http://ag.arizona.edu/SWES/ Source: University of Arizona Contact: sw@ag.arizona.edu
Arkansas Return to the top	University of Arkansas, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Department of Crops, Soil, and Environmental Sciences URL: http://www.uark.edu/depts/agronomy/index.html Source: University of Arkansas Contact: jbarren@uark.edu Arkansas State University, College of Agriculture, Plant Science/ Environmental Horticulture Department URL: http://agri.astate.edu/ Source: Arkansas State University Contact: jmuir@astate.edu
California Return to the top	California Polytechnic State University, College of Agriculture, Soil Science Department URL: http://www.calpoly.edu/~ss/ Source: California Polytechnic State University Contact: jstevens@calpoly.edu Stanford University, School of Earth Sciences, Soil and Environmental Chemistry Group URL: http://soils.stanford.edu/ Source: Stanford University Contact: gcli@stanford.edu University of California, Davis, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Land, Air and Water Resources Department, Soils and Biogeochemistry Program URL: http://lawr.ucdavis.edu/ssc/ Source: University of California, Davis Contact: radahlgren@ucdavis.edu University of California, Riverside, Department of Environmental Sciences, Soil and Water Sciences URL: http://soilwater.ucr.edu/ Source: University of California, Riverside Contact: none listed
Colorado Return to the top	Colorado State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, Soil and Crop Sciences URL: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/SoilCrop/ Source: Colorado State University Contact: jquick@lamar.colostate.edu
Connecticut Return to the top	University of Connecticut, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Agriculture and Natural Reources Program URL: http://www.canr.uconn.edu/degree.html Source: University of Connecticut Contact: acadprog@canr.cag.uconn.edu
Delaware Return to the top	University of Delaware, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Plant and Soil Sciences Department URL: http://ag.udel.edu/departments/plsc/index.htm Source: University of Delaware Contact: dlsparks@udel.edu
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Florida Return to the top	University of Florida, College of Agriculture, Soil and Water Science Department URL: http://soils.ifas.ufl.edu/ Source: University of Florida Contact: krr@ufl.edu
Georgia Return to the top	University of Georgia, Crop and Soil Sciences Department URL: http://mars.cropsoil.uga.edu/ Source: University of Georgia Contact: gharris@arches.uga.edu (professor)
Guam Return to the top	University of Guam, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Soil Science program URL: http://www.uog.edu/cals/site/users/soil/soil/index.html Source: University of Guam Contact: soillab@uog.edu
Hawaii Return to the top	University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Agronomy and Soil Science Department URL: http://agrss.sherman.hawaii.edu/ Source: University of Hawaii Contact: nvhue@hawaii.edu (professor)
Idaho Return to the top	University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, Soil Science Division URL: http://soils.ag.uidaho.edu/division.htm Source: University of Idaho Contact:
Illinois Return to the top	Southern Illinois University, College of Agriculture, Plant and Soil Sciences Major URL: http://www.siu.edu/~plss/ Source: Southern Illinois University Contact: plss@siu.edu University of Illinois,- Urbana-Champaign, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Soil and Water Resources Engineering Program URL: http://www.age.uiuc.edu/s&w/index.html Source: University of Illinois Contact: mch@uiuc.edu University of Illinois- Urbana/Champaign, College of Agricultura, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources and Environmental Science Department URL: http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/undergraduate/soilsci.html Source: University of Illinois Contact: nres@uiuc.edu
Indiana Return to the top	Purdue University, School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agronomy, Soil and Crop Science Program URL: http://www.agry.purdue.edu/undergrad/soicrpsc.htm Source: Purdue University Contact: beyrouty@purdue.edu Purdue University, School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agronomy, Environmental Soil Science URL: http://www.agry.purdue.edu/undergrad/envsoil.htm Source: Purdue University Contact: beyrouty@purdue.edu Purdue University, School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agronomy, Soil and Crop Management URL: http://www.agry.purdue.edu/undergrad/soicrpmg.htm Source: Purdue University Contact: beyrouty@purdue.edu
Iowa Return to the top	Iowa State University, College of Agriculture, Agronomy Department: Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science URL: http://www.agron.iastate.edu/ Source: Iowa State University Contact: director@agron.iastate.edu
Kansas Return to the top	Kansas State University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy URL: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/agronomy/ Source: Kansas State University Contact: agronomy@ksu.edu
Kentucky Return to the top	: University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture, Plant and Soil Science Program URL: http://www.ca.uky.edu/students/PLS.HTM Source: University of Kentucky Contact: jbewley@ca.uky.edu University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture, Forestry Program URL: http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Forestry/forestry.html Source: University of Kentucky Contact: tkoury@uky.edu
Louisiana Return to the top	Louisiana State University, College Of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy, Crops, Soil and the Environment URL: http://www.agronomy.lsu.edu/lacse.htm Source: Lousiana State University Contact: agrondept@agctr.lsu.edu
Maine Return to the top	University of Maine, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences URL: http://www.umaine.edu/pse/ Source: University of Maine Contact: Kate_Flanagan@umit.maine.edu
Maryland Return to the top	University of Maryland, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture Program (soil science concentration), Soil, Water, and Environment Major URL: http://www.nrsl.umd.edu/undergrad/NRSLMajor.cfm?ID=0107A Source: University of Maryland Contact: rw22@umail.umd.edu (professor)
Massachusetts Return to the top	University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences URL: http://www.umass.edu/plsoils/ Source: University of Massachusetts Contact: dpicking@pssci.umass.edu
Michigan Return to the top	Michigan State University, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Crop and Soil Sciences URL: http://www.css.msu.edu/ Source: Michigan State University Contact: buhler@msu.edu
Minnesota Return to the top	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Soil, Water, and Climate URL: http://www.soils.umn.edu/ Source: University of Minnesota Contact: hcheng@soils.umn.edu
Mississippi Return to the top	Alcorn Sate University, Department of Agriculture, Soil and Plant Science Degree URL: http://www.alcorn.edu/academic/academ/major/soil.htm Source: Alcorn State University Contact: -
Missouri Return to the top	University of Missouri at Columbia, Department of Soil and Atmospheric Sciences URL: http://web.missouri.edu/~soilwww/index.html Source: University of Missouri Contact: Bob_Lerch@muccmail.missouri.edu (professor)
Montana Return to the top	Montana State University, College of Agriculture, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences URL: http://landresources.montana.edu/Curriculum/SoilandWaterDescription.htm Source: University of Montana Contact: jwraith@gemini.oscs.montana.edu
Nebraska Return to the top	University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Soil and Water Science Panel URL: http://agronomy.unl.edu/panel/sw_thrust.htm Source: University of Nebraska Contact: jblumenthall1@unl.edu University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, School of Natural Resources, Environmental Soil Science URL: http://snr.unl.edu/soils/ Source: University of Nebraska Contact: jskopp@unl.edu
Nevada Return to the top	University of Nevada- Reno, College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, Department of Environmental and Resource Sciences URL: http://www.ag.unr.edu/ers/ Source: University of Nevada Contact: dwj@unr.edu (professor)
New Hampshire Return to the top	University of New Hampshire, College of Life Science and Agriculture, Analytical Services Lab URL: http://aslan.unh.edu/unhsoiltesting/ Source: University of New Hampshire Contact: bob.harter@unh.edu
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New Mexico Return to the top	New Mexico State University, College of Agronomy and Horticulture, Soil Science Degree URL: http://soils.nmsu.edu/ Source: New Mexico State University Contact:
New York Return to the top	Cornell University, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences URL: http://wwwscas.cit.cornell.edu/ Source: Cornell University Contact: rbb1@cornell.edu State University of New York (SUNY)- Morrisville, College of Agriculture and Technology, School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural Science, Dairy Management, and Agricultural Buisiness, Agricultural Science, Agronomy (Crop and Soil Science) URL: http://www.morrisville.edu/ Source: State University of New York Contact: khana@morrisville.edu State University of New York (SUNY) at Cobleskill URL: http://www.cobleskill.edu Source: State University of New York Contact: Dr. George Crosby, Chair, Department of Plant Science, (518) 255-5279, CrosbyGW@cobleskill.edu
North Carolina Return to the top	North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Soil Science URL: http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/ Source: North Carolina State University Contact: http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/contact.php (information request form)
North Dakota Return to the top	North Dakota State University, Soil Science Department URL: http://www.soilsci.ndsu.nodak.edu/ Source: North Dakota State University Contact: dfranzen@ndsuext.nodak.edu
Ohio Return to the top	Ohio State University, School of Natural Resources, Environmental Science Degree Program, Soil Science Unit URL: http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~natres/u-majors/soils.html Source: Ohio State University Contact: Mullins.2@osu.edu Pedology: Soil Science on the WWW URL: http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~pedology/ Source: Ohio State University: Soil Science Division: Soil Characterization Laboratory Contact: -
Oklahoma Return to the top	Oklahoma State University, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Plant and Soil Sciences URL: http://clay.agr.okstate.edu/ Source: Oklahoma State University Contact: jhs@mail.pss.okstate.edu Langston University, School of Agriculture and Applied Science, Department of Agriculture and Applied Science URL: http://www.lunet.edu/administration/vp_acad_aff/academic/Academic_Programs/ag_app_sci/agriculture/dept_of_ag.htm Source: Langston University Contact: -
Oregon Return to the top	Oregon State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, Crop and Soil Science URL: http://www.css.orst.edu/ Source: Oregon State University Contact: ohn.Baham@orst.edu
Pennsylvania Return to the top	Pennsylvania State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Crops--Soils--Turfgrass URL: http://www.agronomy.psu.edu/ Source: Pennsylvania State University Contact: jmbollag@psu.edu
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Rhode Island Return to the top	University of Rhode Island, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, Natural Resources Science Department, Water and Soil Science Degree URL: http://www.edc.uri.edu/nrs/undgmajors.htm Source: University of Rhode Island Contact: mstolt@uri.edu
South Carolina Return to the top	Clemson University, College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences, School of Plant, Statistical, and Ecological Sciences, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Science URL: http://agronomy.clemson.edu/ Source: Clemson University Contact: -
South Dakota Return to the top	South Dakota University, College of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department, Soil and Water Conservation Concentration URL: http://www.abs.sdstate.edu/ae/index.htm (Scroll down until you see "Soil and Water Conservation") Source: South Dakota University Contact: darrell_deboer@sdstate.edu
Tennessee Return to the top	University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences URL: http://ohld.ag.utk.edu/pss/ Source: University of Tennessee Contact: suecamp@utk.edu The University of Tennessee Pedology Home Page URL: http://web.utk.edu/~ammonst/ Source: University of Tennessee Contact: -
Texas Return to the top	Tarleton State University, Agronomy, Agribusiness, Horticulture, and Range Management URL: http://www.tarleton.edu/~dweindorf/index.htm Source: Tarleton State University Contact: weindorf@tarleton.edu Texas A&M University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Soil & Crop Sciences URL: http://soilcrop.tamu.edu/ Source: Texas A&M University Contact: mhussey@tamu.edu Texas Technical University, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Plant and Soil Science URL: http://www.pssc.ttu.edu/ Source: Texas Tech University Contact: rzartman@ttacs.ttu.edu Sam Houston State University, Department of Agricultural Science, Horticulture and Crop Science Program URL: http://www.shsu.edu/~agr_www/chhome.html Source: Sam Houston State University Contact: agr_ral@shsu.edu
Utah Return to the top	Utah State University, College of Agriculture, Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology, Soil Science Program URL: http://psb.usu.edu/psbdept/soils/index.html Source: Utah State University Contact: soilcomp@cc.usu.edu
Vermont Return to the top	University of Vermontat Burlington, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Plant and Soil Science URL: http://pss.uvm.edu/ Source: University of Vermont Contact: pass@zoo.uvm.edu
Virginia Return to the top	Virginia Tech University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences Department URL: http://sudan.cses.vt.edu/ Source: Virginia Tech University Contact: npers@mail.vt.edu (professor)
Washington Return to the top	Washington State University, College of Agriculture and Home Economics, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences URL: http://css.wsu.edu/ Source: Washington State University Contact: busacca@wsu.edu
West Virginia Return to the top	West Virginia University, College of Agriculture Forrestrty and Consumer Sciences, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences URL: http://www.caf.wvu.edu/plsc/index.html Source: West Virginia University Contact: jsencind@wvu.edu
Wisconsin Return to the top	University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Soil Science, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences URL: http://www.soils.wisc.edu/ Source: University of Wisconsin Contact: slspeth@facstaff.wisc.edu
Wyoming Return to the top	University of Wyoming, College of Agriculture, Department of Renewable Resources, Soil Sciences URL: http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/renewableresources/soil/index.htm Source: University of Wyoming Contact: sewms@uwyo.edu

International

Africa
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University of the Orange Free State, South Africa, Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil Science
URL: http://www.uovs.ac.za/faculties/agric/soil/index.htm
Source: University of the Orange Free State, South Africa
Contact: soil@landbou.uovs.ac.z

Asia
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King Mongkut�s Institute Of Technology-Ladkrabang, College of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science
URL: http://www.nectec.or.th/users/pong/KMITL/ch33.html
Source: King Mongkut�s Institute Of Technology-Ladkrabang, Thailand
Contact: -

Universiti Putra Malaysia Department of Land Management
URL: http://www.agri.upm.edu.my/jst/jst_eng.html
Source: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Contact: zauyah@agri.upm.edu.my

Australia and New Zealand
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Massey University, College of Sciences
URL: http://sciences.massey.ac.nz/degrees/select-majors.asp?ID=1754&Interest=soils
Source: Massey University
Contact: m.hedley@massey.ac.nz

University of Adelaide, Department of Soil and Water
URL: http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/Soil_Water/
Source: University of Adelaide
Contact: Soil-Water@waite.adelaide.edu.au

University of New England, School of Rural Science and Natural Resources Agronomy and Soil Science
URL: http://www.une.edu.au/agronomy/AgSShome.html
Source: University of New England
Contact: ihall@metz.une.edu.au

University of Melborne, Institute of Land and Food Resources, Department of Crop Production, Soil and fertilized management focus
URL: http://crops.ilfr.unimelb.edu.au/FMPro?-DB=courses.fp5&-format=courses.html&-FindAll
Source: University of Melborne
Contact: r.cousens@landfood.unimelb.edu.au

University of Queensland, College of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science, School of Land And Food Sciences, Soils and Land Resources
URL: http://www.uq.edu.au/agsoil/uq_soil.html
Source: University of Queensland
Contact: LANDandFOOD@mailbox.uq.edu.au

University of Sydney, Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science
URL: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/agric/ACSS/
Source: University of Sydney
Contact: admin@acss.usyd.edu.au

University of Western Australia, Faculty of Agriculture, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
URL: http://www.agric.uwa.edu.au/soils/
Source: University of Western Australia
Contact: soilsci@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Europe
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Georg-August-University of G�ttingen,Institute of Soil Science
URL: http://vendigo.uni-soilsci.gwdg.de/en/index.html
Source: Georg-August-University of G�ttingen, Denmark
Contact: sekbod@gwdg.de

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Laboratory for Soil and Water (LSW)
URL: http://www.agr.kuleuven.ac.be/lbh/lsw/
Source: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Contact: Jan.Feyen@agr.kuleuven.ac.be

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Soil Fertility and Biology
URL: http://www.agr.kuleuven.ac.be/lbh/bbi/bbihome.htm
Source: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Contact: Karlien.Cassaert@agr.kuleuven.ac.be

Moscow State University, The Faculty of Soil Science
URL: http://www.soil.msu.ru/indexen.html
Source: Moscow State University, Lomonosov, Russia
Contact: main@soil.msu.ru

Rothamstead University, Institute of Arable Crops Research, Agriculture & the Environment Division, Soil Protection and Remediation
URL: http://www.iacr.bbsrc.ac.uk/aen/soil_prot/soilprot.htm
Source: Rothamsted University, United Kingdom
Contact: christinejaggard@bbsrc.ac.uk

St. Petersburg State University, University Teaching and Research Centre of Biology and Soil Science
URL: http://www.bio.pu.ru/
Source: St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Contact: webmaster@hq.bio.lgu.spb.su

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Ecology
URL: http://www.sek.slu.se/eng/defaulte.htm
Source: Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
Contact: Peter.Hogberg@sek.slu.se

University of Aberdeen, Plant and Soil Science Department
URL: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/pss/
Source: University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Contact: a.meharg@abdn.ac.uk (professor Andrew Meharg)

University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences, Soil Micromorphology Department
URL: http://www2.env.uea.ac.uk/gmmc/soilmcro/iwmmain.html
Source: University of East Angelina, United Kingdom
Contact: geo.micro@uea.ac.uk

University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Agricultural Chemistry and Physics, Soil and Environmental Chemistry Division
URL: http://honeybee.helsinki.fi/MMKEM/MKEM/1_page.htm
Source: University of Helinski, Finland
Contact: helina.hartikainen@helinski.fi

University of Reading, Department of Soil Science
URL: http://www.rdg.ac.uk/AcaDepts/as/home.html
Source: University of Reading, United Kingdom
Contact: B.J.Alloway@reading.ac.uk (Professor Brian Alloway)

Wageningen University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Soil Quality Sub-Department
URL: http://www.benp.wau.nl/
Source: Wageningen University, Netherland
Contact: Maurits.vandenBerg@BodHyg.BenP.WAU.nl

Middle East
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North America
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Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Environmental Sciences Department, (Soil Science Focus)
URL: http://www.nsac.ns.ca/envsci/index.htm
Source: Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Canada
Contact: reg@nsac.ns.ca

Univeristy of Manitoba, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Department of Soil Science
URL: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/afs/soil_science/
Source: University of Manitobia, Canada
Contact: Raczgi@ms.umanitobia.ca

University of British Columbia, School of Agricultural Science, Agroecology Program, Soils & Environment
URL: http://www.agsci.ubc.ca/agroecology/soils.htm
Source: University of British Columbia, Canada
Contact: agsci@interchange.ubc.ca

South America
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