Global Soil Partnership

Presentations | Pathways to precision in soil analysis: advancing soil laboratories in Latin America and the Caribbean

April 8

GSP ongoing laboratory projects and activities in the region

  • Ms. Carolina Olivera Sanchez, GSP Secretariat – Coordinator of the Latin American Soil Partnership

Updates from the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) and the Latin American and Caribbean Soil Partnership (LACS)

Presentation of countries representatives

  • Representatives of the National Reference Laboratories in GLOSOLAN Moderator: Ms. Diana Maria Delgado Londoño, LATSOLAN vice-Chair

April 9

Updates from GLOSOLAN and LATSOLAN

GLOSOLAN standard operating procedures (SOPs) and the joint working groups with the GSP international networks on salt affected soils (INSAS) and soil biodiversity (NETSOB)

  • Mr. Filippo Benedetti, GSP Secretariat

Examples of National Soil Laboratory Networks (NASOLANs) established in the region: Chile, Mexico, CARSLAN (SOILCARE project)

Lab tour at INIA

Report of the LATSOLAN participation to the GLOSOLAN global PT and launch of the LATSOLAN PT 2024

  • Ms. María Cristina Suárez, Laboratorio de Suelos, Dominican Republic
  • Mr. Filippo Benedetti, GSP Secretariat

Quality control in the laboratory: calibration, preparation of internal reference material

  • Ms. Miriam Ostinelli, GLOSOLAN Steering Committee

April 10

Laboratory equipment calibration

  • Ms. Miriam Ostinelli, GLOSOLAN Steering Committee 

Health and safety in the laboratory

  • Mr. Daniel Carreira, INTA – Argentina 

Critical points in the determination of soil pH, electrical conductivity and soil organic carbon using GLOSOLAN SOPs

  • Ms. Diana Delgado, Dirección de Laboratorio e Innovación Ambiental - Colombia 

BioAS enzymes and their connections EN | ES

  • Ieda Mendes, Embrapa Cerrados 

April 11

Development of a national soil spectral library: the case of Chile

  • Erick Zagal, María de los Ángeles Sepúlveda, Marcela Hidalgo, David Contreras, Katherine Rebolledo
  • Estudiantes Elizabeth Godoy (pregrado), Jean Iván Intriago (Posgrado MSc), Omar Orellana (Posgrado PhD) 

Progress of visNIR soil spectral libraries and sample preparation for soil spectral measurement

  • María de los Ángeles, Sepúlveda Parada, Erick Zagal
  • Grupo de Investigación Espectroscopia Suelos UdeC

Parallel sessions for the Caribbean countries (English language)

General Laboratory Safety

  • Mr. Filippo Benedetti, GSP Secretariat

Calibration of laboratory equipment

  • Mr. Daniel Vidal Perez, Brazil

Soil pH detemination​

  • Mr. Jorge Etchevers, Mexico

Soil EC determination​

  • Mr. Jorge Etchevers, Mexico

Soil Organic Carbon Walkley-Black Method 

  • Ms. Miriam Ostinelli, GLOSOLAN Steering Committee

Organic Carbon (Walkley-Black Titration and Colorimetric Methos)

  • Ms. Miriam Ostinelli, GLOSOLAN Steering Committee

Reference Materials - at the heart of reliable analysis

  • Ms. Miriam Ostinelli, GLOSOLAN Steering Committee
  • Mr. Filippo Benedetti, GSP Secretariat

Soil Texture (Hydrometer)

  • Mr. Daniel Vidal Perez, Brazil

Bulk Density

  • Mr. Daniel Vidal Perez, Brazil