Imperial College London
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DrFiratGuder

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering

Reader in Intelligent Interfaces
 
 
 
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@article{Grell:2021:10.1038/s43016-021-00416-4,
author = {Grell, M and Barandun, G and Asfour, T and Kasimatis, M and Collins, ASP and Wang, J and Guder, F},
doi = {10.1038/s43016-021-00416-4},
journal = {Nature Food},
pages = {981--989},
title = {Point-of-use sensors and machine learning enable low-cost determination of soil nitrogen},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00416-4},
volume = {2},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Overfertilization with nitrogen fertilizers has damaged the environment and health of soil, but standard laboratory testing of soil to determine the levels of nitrogen (mainly NH4+ and NO3-) is not performed regularly. Here, we demonstrate that Point-of-Use measurements of NH4+, combined with soil conductivity, pH, easily accessible weather and timing data, allow instantaneous prediction of levels of NO3- in soil (R2 = 0.70) using a machine learning model. A long short-term memory recurrent neural network model can also be used to predict levels of NH4+ and NO3- up to 12 days into the future from a single measurement at day one, with R2NH4+= 0.60 and R2NO3-= 0.70, for unseen weather conditions. Our machine learning-based approach eliminates the need of using dedicated instruments to determine the levels of NO3- in soil. Nitrogenous soil nutrients can be determined and predicted with enough accuracy to forecast the impact of climate on fertilization planning, and tune timing for crop requirements, reducing overfertilization while improving crop yields.
AU  - Grell,M
AU  - Barandun,G
AU  - Asfour,T
AU  - Kasimatis,M
AU  - Collins,ASP
AU  - Wang,J
AU  - Guder,F
DO  - 10.1038/s43016-021-00416-4
EP  - 989
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 2662-1355
SP  - 981
TI  - Point-of-use sensors and machine learning enable low-cost determination of soil nitrogen
T2  - Nature Food
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00416-4
UR  - https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00416-4
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/92945
VL  - 2
ER  -
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