Fast and Simultaneous Determination of Soil Properties Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS): A Case Study of Typical Farmland Soils in China

• Published in: Soil systems Vol. 3; no. 4; p. 66
• Main Authors: Xu, Xuebin, Du, Changwen, Ma, Fei, Shen, Yazhen, Zhou, Jianmin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01.12.2019
• Subjects: chemometrics; farmland soils; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; prediction model

Accurate management of soil nutrients and fast and simultaneous acquisition of soil properties are crucial in the development of sustainable agriculture. However, the conventional methods of soil analysis are generally labor-intensive, environmentally unfriendly, as well as time- and cost-consuming....