FIELD: ecology, agriculture. SUBSTANCE: invention may be used for evaluation of fitness of soil for growing plants by plant sensitivity to abiotic soil factors. Plant sensitivity is determined by reduction of absorption function of root system at earlier stages of ontogenesis when plants are grown on examined soil in comparison with test. EFFECT: speed-up of evaluation process of fitness of soil to grow given kind of plants, increased accuracy and authenticity of method. 1 cl, 1 tbl
