JB Jones Award

Award Recipients

The prestigious J. Benton Jones Jr. Award is given to an individual who has made significant scientific and education contributions to the development and advancement of soil testing and plant analysis and is presented at the closing ceremony of each International Symposium on Soil and Plant Analysis.

Nominations for the JB Jones award are accepted in the fall of the year prior to the next ISSPA symposium.

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J. Benton Jones Jr.

1st ISSPA - 1989 - Fresno, California USA

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Victor Houba

Wageningen University

The Netherlands.

2nd ISSPA - 2001 - Orlando, Florida USA

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Yash Kalra

Forestry Canada

Edmonton, Canada

3rd ISSPA -1993 - Olympia, Washington USA

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Nat Dellavalle

Dellavalle Laboratory

Fresno, California, USA

4th ISSPA - 1995 -Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Wayne Sabbe

University of Arkansas, USA

5th ISSPA - 1997- Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

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Umesh Gupta

Agri-Food Canada, PEI

6th ISSPA - 1999 - Brisbane, Australia

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Ted Peck

University of Illinois

Champaign, Illinois USA

7th ISSPA - 2001- Edmonton, Alberta Canada

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George Rayment

ASPAC

Queensland, Australia

8th ISSPA -2003 - Somerset West, South Africa

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Malcom Sumner

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia, USA

9th ISSPA -2005 - Cancun, Mexico

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John Ryan

Ireland

10th ISSPA - 2007 - Budapest, Hungary

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Tamás Németh

Institute of Soil Science

Budapest, Hungary

11th ISSPA - 2009 - Santa Rosa, California USA

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Ray Ward

Ward Laboratory

Kearney, Nebraska USA

12th ISSPA - 2011 - Chania, Greece

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Arrie van Vuuren

Triomf Advanced Nutrients

Johannesburg, South Africa

13th ISSPA - 2013 - Queenstown, New Zealand

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David Kissel

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia USA

14th ISSPA - 2015 - Kona, Hawaii USA

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Dr. Abdul Rashid

Land Resources Research

NARC, Pakistan

15th ISSPA - 2017 - Nanjing, China

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Roger Hill

Hill Laboratories

Hamilton, New Zealand

16th ISSPA - 2019 - Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Dr. Robert Miller

Agricultural Laboratory Proficiency Program

Windsor Colorado

17th ISSPA - 2023 - Concepción, Chile

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Dr. Rob Mikkelsen

Retired soil scientist and nutrient management specialist

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

18th ISSPA - 2025 - Durham, North Carolina, USA