Optimum three-point linkage set up for improving the quality of soil spectra and
the accuracy of soil phosphorus measured using an on-line visible and near
infrared sensor.
On-line measurement of soil properties using the visible (Vis) and near infrared
(NIR) spectroscopy is sensitive to soil-to-sensor distance (D) and angle (α)
variations, which have prevented the successful development of on-line soil
sensors so far. This study was undertaken to minimise these variations through
optimising the three-point linkage of the tractor to improve the quality of soil
spectra and the accuracy of plant available phosphorus (P-avl) measured with an
on-line soil sensor. The sensor consisted of a tine, to the back of which an
optical probe was attached to acquire soil spectra in diffuse reflectance mode
from the bottom of the trench opened by the tine. A mobile, fibre-type, Vis–NIR
spectrophotometer (Zeiss Corona 45 visnir fibre, Germany), with a measurement
range of 306.5–1710.9 nm was used. Five lengths of the third point link (L) of
the tractor of 545, 550, 555, 560 and 565 mm were selected to evaluate the
quality of spectra collected on-line at 0.15 m tine depth. The on-line measured
spectra were corrected to remove the effect of D and α. The correction was
evaluated by estimating the accuracy of predicting P-avl using on-line measured
spectra and a previously developed P-avl calibratio
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