Prospects for controlled application of water and fertiliser, based on sensing permittivity of soil

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 151-163

  Paul, W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex permittivity; Fertilisation; Irrigation; Lysimetry; Soil moisture; Soil salinity

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; LYSIMETERS; PERMITTIVITY; SOILS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

PORE WATER CONDUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

IRRIGATION; LYSIMETER; PERMITTIVITY; SALINITY; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0036857924     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(02)00098-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. Balendonck, J., Kuyper, M.C., Hilhorst, M.A., 1998. A water management method for non closed crop production. AgEng 98, Paper (98-C-024) Oslo, Norway.
2. Dirksen, C., Hilhorst, M.A., 1994. Calibration of a new frequency domain sensor for soil water content and bulk electrical conductivity. Symposium on TDR in Environmental, Infrastructure and Mining Applications, Evanston, IL, September 1994, Proceedings, pp. 23-33.
3. Hilhorst, M.A., 1998. Dielectric Characterisation of Soil. PhD Thesis, No 98-01, IMAG-DLO, Wageningen.
4. Hilhorst, M.A., 2000. A pore water conductivity sensor. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 64, 1922-1925.
5. Noborio, K., 2001. Measurement of soil water content and electrical conductivity by time domain reflectometry: A review. Computers Electron. Agric. 31, 213-237.
6. Paul, W., Hilhorst, M.A., Münstermann, C., Schmitz, M., 1998. Neue Mßtechniken zur Gleichzeitigen Bestimmung von Wassergehalt, Wasserspannung und Verfügbaren Düngersalzen im Boden, (New Techniques for Simultaneously Measuring Water Content, Water Tension and Available Fertiliser in Soil). Internationale Tagung Landtechnik, Garching, (Agricultural Engineering Conference) 1998, VDI Verlag, Düsseldorf 1998, pp. 223-228.
7. Schmitz, M., Sourell, H., 2000. Variability in soil moisture measurements. Irrigation Sci. 19, 147-151.
8. Sun, Y., Wang, M., Zhang, N., 1999. Measuring soil water content using the principle of standing-wave ratio. ASAE 1999 Annual Meeting, Paper No. 997063.
9. Topp, G.C., Davis, J.L., Annan, A.P., 1980. Electromagnetic determination of soil water content. Water Resour. Res. 16 (3), 574-582.