The publication of this Handbook was supported by the Russian Federation

Lazebnaya, Marina Evgenievna – Candidate of  Agricultural Sciences, National Scientific 
Centre  ‘Institute  of   Soil  Science  and  Agrochemistry  Research  named  after  A.N.  Sokolovsky’ 
(Kharkiv, Ukraine), specialist in the field of  standardization and metrology. E-mail: pochva@meta.
ua; [e-mail]
Medvedev, Vitaly Vladimirovich – Academician of  the Ukrainian Academy of  Agrarian 
Sciences (UAAS), Doctor of  Biological Sciences, Professor, National Scientific Centre ‘Institute 
of  Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research named after A.N. Sokolovsky’ (Kharkiv, Ukraine), 
specialist in the field of  soil monitoring, precision agriculture, agrophysics, soil fertility and ecology, 
methods of  soil quality assessment and soil fertility management. E-mail: [e-mail]