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Performance Evaluation of Proximal Sensors for Soil Assessment in Smallholder Farms in Embu County, Kenya

Four proximal soil sensors were tested at four smallholder farms in Embu County, Kenya: a portable X-ray fluorescence sensor (PXRF), a mobile phone application for soil color determination by photography, a dual-depth electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensor, and a LED-based soil optical reflectance s...

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Autores principales:	Piikki, Kristin, Söderström, Mats, Eriksson, Jan, Muturi John, Jamleck, Ireri Muthee, Patrick, Wetterlind, Johanna, Lund, Eric
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2016
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27869774 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16111950

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