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Title: | Evaluation of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Estimating Soil Organic Matter and Phosphorus in Mediterranean Montado Ecosystem |
Authors: | Serrano, João Shahidian, S. Marques da Silva, J. Paixão, L. Carvalho, M. Moral, Francisco J. Nogales-Bueno, J. Teixeira, R. Jongen, M. Domingos, T. Rato, A.E. |
Editors: | Waterlot, Christophe |
Keywords: | spectrometry soil fertility soil organic matter phosphorus precision agriculture |
Issue Date: | 3-Mar-2021 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | João Serrano, Shakib Shahidian, José Marques da Silva, Luís Paixão, Mário de Carvalho, Francisco Moral, Julio Nogales-Bueno, Ricardo F.M. Teixeira, Marjan Jongen, Tiago Domingos and Ana Elisa Rato (2020). Evaluation of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Estimating Soil Organic Matter and Phosphorus in Mediterranean Montado Ecosystem. Sustainability, 13, 2734. (DOI:10.3390/su13052734) |
Abstract: | The Montado is an agro-silvo-pastoral ecosystem characteristic of the Mediterranean
region. Pasture productivity and, consequently, the possibilities for intensifying livestock production
depend on soil fertility. Soil organic matter (SOM) and phosphorus (P2O5) are two indicators of the evolution of soil fertility in this ecosystem. However, their conventional analytical determination by reference laboratory methods is costly, time consuming, and laborious and, thus, does not meet
the needs of current production systems. The aim of this study was to evaluate an alternative approach to estimate SOM and soil P2O5 based on near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) combined with multivariate data analysis. For this purpose, 242 topsoil samples were collected in 2019 in
eleven fields. These samples were subjected to reference laboratory analysis and NIRS analysis. For NIRS, 165 samples were used during the calibration phase and 77 samples were used during the external validation phase. The results of this study showed significant correlation between NIRS
calibration models and reference methods for quantification of these soil parameters. The coefficient of determination (R2, 0.85 for SOM and 0.76 for P2O5) and the residual predictive deviation (RPD, 2.7 for SOM and 2.2 for P2O5
) obtained in external validation indicated the potential of NIRS to
estimate SOM and P2O5
, which can facilitate farm managers’ decision making in terms of dynamic management of animal grazing and differential fertilizer application. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/29647 |
Type: | article |
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