Design of a Soil Cutting Resistance Sensor for Application in Site-Specific Tillage
One objective of precision agriculture is to provide accurate information about soil and crop properties to optimize the management of agricultural inputs to meet site-specific needs. This paper describes the development of a sensor equipped with RTK-GPS technology that continuously and efficiently...
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| author | Manuel Perez-Ruiz Chris J. Gliever Jesús Gil Jacob Carballido Juan Agüera |
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| description | One objective of precision agriculture is to provide accurate information about soil and crop properties to optimize the management of agricultural inputs to meet site-specific needs. This paper describes the development of a sensor equipped with RTK-GPS technology that continuously and efficiently measures soil cutting resistance at various depths while traversing the field. Laboratory and preliminary field tests verified the accuracy of this prototype soil strength sensor. The data obtained using a hand-operated soil cone penetrometer was used to evaluate this field soil compaction depth profile sensor. To date, this sensor has only been tested in one field under one gravimetric water content condition. This field test revealed that the relationships between the soil strength profile sensor (SSPS) cutting force and soil cone index values are assumed to be quadratic for the various depths considered: 0–10, 10–20 and 20–30 cm (r2 = 0.58, 0.45 and 0.54, respectively). Soil resistance contour maps illustrated its practical value. The developed sensor provides accurate, timely and affordable information on soil properties to optimize resources and improve agricultural economy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dd9164ffd5df45ccb0e3c35ce951db3b2022-12-22T04:20:07ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202013-05-011355945595710.3390/s130505945Design of a Soil Cutting Resistance Sensor for Application in Site-Specific TillageManuel Perez-RuizChris J. GlieverJesús GilJacob CarballidoJuan AgüeraOne objective of precision agriculture is to provide accurate information about soil and crop properties to optimize the management of agricultural inputs to meet site-specific needs. This paper describes the development of a sensor equipped with RTK-GPS technology that continuously and efficiently measures soil cutting resistance at various depths while traversing the field. Laboratory and preliminary field tests verified the accuracy of this prototype soil strength sensor. The data obtained using a hand-operated soil cone penetrometer was used to evaluate this field soil compaction depth profile sensor. To date, this sensor has only been tested in one field under one gravimetric water content condition. This field test revealed that the relationships between the soil strength profile sensor (SSPS) cutting force and soil cone index values are assumed to be quadratic for the various depths considered: 0–10, 10–20 and 20–30 cm (r2 = 0.58, 0.45 and 0.54, respectively). Soil resistance contour maps illustrated its practical value. The developed sensor provides accurate, timely and affordable information on soil properties to optimize resources and improve agricultural economy.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/5/5945soil cutting resistance mapsite-specific managementsoil sensorGNSS |
| spellingShingle | Manuel Perez-Ruiz Chris J. Gliever Jesús Gil Jacob Carballido Juan Agüera Design of a Soil Cutting Resistance Sensor for Application in Site-Specific Tillage Sensors soil cutting resistance map site-specific management soil sensor GNSS |
| title | Design of a Soil Cutting Resistance Sensor for Application in Site-Specific Tillage |
| title_full | Design of a Soil Cutting Resistance Sensor for Application in Site-Specific Tillage |
| title_fullStr | Design of a Soil Cutting Resistance Sensor for Application in Site-Specific Tillage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of a Soil Cutting Resistance Sensor for Application in Site-Specific Tillage |
| title_short | Design of a Soil Cutting Resistance Sensor for Application in Site-Specific Tillage |
| title_sort | design of a soil cutting resistance sensor for application in site specific tillage |
| topic | soil cutting resistance map site-specific management soil sensor GNSS |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/5/5945 |
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