Who is Wallace Laboratories
Garn Wallace and Co-Founder Arthur Wallace are former staff members of University of California with over 600 publications concerning Soil Science, Plant Nutrition, Plant Physiology, and Heavy Metal Toxicity. We extend their university training and experience to your particular needs. We also offer the State of the Art recommendations.
Please, if you have any questions, please contact us and we’ll be glad to answer anything you ask!
Our Credentials
Wallace Labs provides analytical testing and consulting on soil, fertility, plant physiology, water quality, land restoration, salinity, toxicity, trace minerals, composts, amendments, soil conditioners and most related areas to plant growth, establishment of vegetation, erosion control and plant propagation.
The lab is located in Los Angeles County adjacent to LAX. Services are provided world-wide. The lab is equipped with simultaneous optical emission spectrophotometers, atomic adsorption, carbon/nitrogen/hydrogen/sulfur/oxygen instrument, microwave digester, and related instruments. It services federal, state, local, foreign governments, corporate and individuals.
The principals
Garn A. Wallace, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles, 1972 (biochemistry)
John S. Wallace,
B. S., California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2008 (chemistry)
Elizabeth M. Wallace,
B. S., California State University, Long Beach, 2010 (chemistry)
Co-founder: Arthur Wallace, Ph.D., deceased,
Rutgers University, 1949 (soils and plant nutrition) upon whose scientific publications, findings and data are used in part for our evaluations, conclusions and recommendations
Qualifications: Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory Registry Number CA006, US Department of Agriculture permit number S-56869, member of Soil and Plant Analysis Council, Inc.
Scientific and Professional Organizations:
Soil Science Society of American, American Society of Agronomy, American Chemical Society, Crop Science Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Services
1. Soil chemistry and nutrient interactions
2. Land reclamation
3. Salinity effects on plants
4. Plant analysis to assess mineral needs of plants
5. Ornamental horticulture and tree horticulture
6. Environmental effects on plants
7. Special problems of iron nutrition in plants
8. Water relations in plants
9. Trace element excesses on plants
10. Role of mineral elements in plant growth
11. Development of fertilizers and chelating agents for plants
12. Crop management systems
13. Comparative mineral nutrition of different plant species
14. Growth of plants with hydroponic nutrients in solution culture
15. Soil conditioning, soil conditioners and mechanisms
16. Re-vegetation and restoration of disturbed lands
Special Issue Publications in scientific journals devoted to our research
Sustainability of the Soil and the Environment – 29 articles
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, vol. 25, Nos. 1 & 2, 1994
Interactions of Limiting Factors in Crop Production – 15 articles
Journal of Plant Nutrition, vol. 13, Nos. 3 & 4 March/April 1990
Multiple Elemental Toxicities Interactions – 21 articles
Soil Science, vol. 147, No. 6, June 1989
Water-Soluble Polymeric Soil Conditioners , 18 articles
Soil Science, vol. 141, No. 5, May 1986
Third Decade of Chelating Agents in Plant Nutrition – 21 articles
Journal of Plant Nutrition, vol. 6, No. 6, June 1983
Mineral Composition of Plants – 14 articles
Soil Science, vol. 134, No. 1, July 1982
Trace Elemental Excesses in Plants – 48 articles
Journal of Plant Nutrition, vol. 2, Nos. 1 & 2, 1980
Restoration of Disturbed Lands – 31 articles
Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, vol. 4, 1980
Elemental Phytotoxicities – 21 articles
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, vol. 8, No. 9, 1977
Iron Deficiencies in Plants and Its Correction – 22 articles
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, vol. 7, No. 1, 1986
Major publications stating our scientific concepts, methods of evaluation, basis of recommendations are:
Soil Conditioner and Amendment Technologies, Vol. 1 (1995)Soil Conditioner and Amendment Technologies, Vol. 2 (1997)Handbook of Soil Conditioners: Substances that enhance the physical properties of soil (1998)
Polyacrylamide (PAM) and Micronized PAM Soil Conditioners (2003)
Closing the Crop-Yield Gap Through Better Soil and Better Management (2003)