IS 15109 : Part 2 : 2013/ISO 11269-2 : 2012 : Soil Quality - Determination of the Effects of Pollutants on Soil Flora Part 2 Effects of Contaminated Soil on the Emergence and Early Growth of Higher Plants

Reaffirmed 2019

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Part 2) (First Revision) which is identical with ISO 11269-2 : 2012 'Soil quality - Determination of the effects of pollutants on soil flora - Part 2: Effects of contaminated soil on the emergence and early growth of higher plants' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Soil Quality and Fertilizers Sectional Committee and approval of the Food and Agriculture Division Council.

This standard was first published in 2002 identical with ISO 11269-2 : 1995 'Soil quality - Determination of the effects of pollutants on soil flora - Part 2: Effects of chemicals on the emergence and growth of higher plants'. This revision has been undertaken to align the standard with the latest version of ISO 11269-2 which has replaced the second edition ISO 11269-2 : 2005 after incorporation of technical changes.

This standard is published in two parts. Other part of this standard is:

Part 1 Method for the measurement of inhibition of root growth

The text of ISO Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appear referring to this standard, they should be read as 'Indian Standard'.

b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.