CNAS provides a number of identification and testing services for agriculture and our community members. These five services cover many of Guam’s agricultural and gardening needs.
Soil Analysis | Plant Tissue Analysis | Insect Identification
Disease Diagnostics | Food Product Nutrition Label
Soil Analysis
Samples for Soil analysis from outside of Guam will be charged an additional 100% for the routine soil analysis, and an additional 50% for all other tests. Fees charged for additional analysis not listed below, will be at the discretion of the CNAS Soil Scientist, with the approval of the Director /Associate Director for the Western Pacific Tropical Research Center.
Fees can be paid at the Western Pacific Tropical Research Center’s office, Room 206E, in the Agriculture & Life Sciences Building on the UOG campus. All fees must be paid to pick up analysis.
Drop-off location: Agriculture & Life Sciences Building, Room 216.
Map to drop-off site on campus
Drop-off hours: Monday-Friday 8:30AM-3:30PM
Sample turnaround time: Four to seven work days. An additional rush fee of 50% will be charged for analyses required within 4 working days.
Cost:
Routine Analysis
pH (water), % organic matter (O.M.), available phosphorus, exchangeable potassium, calcium, and magnesium: $40.00 / per sample
Special Analysis
pH: $5.00 / per sample
% Organic matter: $20.00 / per sample
Total % nitrogen, total % carbon, zinc, iron, manganese, copper: $20.00 per element / per sample
Nitrate: $25.00 / per sample
Phosphate: $25.00 / per sample
Electrical conductivity for soluble salts: $20.00 / per sample
Particle-size analysis (hydrometer method): $20.00 / per sample
Contact: Clancy Iyekar, 671-735-2143, soillab@triton.uog.edu
Plant Tissue Analysis
Plant Tissue analysis from outside of Guam will be charged an additional 100% for the routine soil analysis, and an additional 50% for all other tests. Fees charged for additional analysis not listed below, will be at the discretion of the CNAS Soil Scientist, with the approval of the Director /Associate Director for the Western Pacific Tropical Research Center.
Fees can be paid at the Western Pacific Tropical Research Center’s office, Room 206E, in the Agriculture & Life Sciences Building on the UOG campus. All fees must be paid to pick up analysis.
Drop-off location: Agriculture & Life Sciences Building, Room 216.
Map to drop-off site on campus
Drop-off hours: Monday-Friday 8:30AM-3:30PM
Sample turnaround time: Four to seven work days. An additional rush fee of 50% will be charged for analyses required within 4 working days.
Cost:
Potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, manganese, copper: $20.00 per element / per sample
Aluminum: $30.00 / per sample
Available phosphorus: $20.00 / per sample
Total % nitrogen: $20.00 / per sample
Total % carbon: $20.00 / per sample
Contact: Clancy Iyekar, 671-735-2143, soillab@triton.uog.edu
Insect Identification
Drop-off location: Agriculture & Life Sciences Building, Room 105.
Map to drop-off site on campus
Drop-off hours: Monday-Friday 8:30AM-3:30PM
Sample turnaround time: 24 hours
Cost: free
Contact: Dr. Aubrey Moore, 671-735-2086, cell 671-686-5664, aubreymoore@triton.uog.edu
Disease Diagnostics
Drop-off location: Agriculture & Life Sciences Building, Room 105.
Map to drop-off site on campus
Drop-off hours: Monday-Friday 8:30AM-3:30PM
Sample turnaround time: Four to seven work days.
Cost: free
Food Product Nutrition Label
Drop-off location: Agriculture & Life Sciences Building, Room 113F.
Map to drop-off site on campus
Drop-off hours: Monday-Friday 8:30AM-3:30PM
Sample turnaround time: Four to seven work days.
Cost: Per Nutrition Label: $20.00
Contact: Clarissa Barcinas, 671-735-2029, csnbarcinas@triton.uog.edu