by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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Soil analysis, a crucial strategy for proper planning of agricultural planning strategies, does not have to go through time-consuming laboratory surveys. In fact, a quicker but no less effective technique can be used to obtain reliable soil profiling: near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy<\/strong>. This is suggested by a research<\/a> from the University of Silesia in Katowice<\/strong>, Poland, published in the journal Talanta.<\/p>\n Spectroscopy is a technique for delineating the chemical composition of a substance from analysis of the variation in the spectrum of light passing through it. The investigation led to the application of this method on samples of a soil type classified as Haplic Luvisol. This is described<\/a> by the European Soil Atlas as “a well-developed soil whose main pedological characteristic is the formation of the argic sub surface horizon through the destruction and movement (eluviation and translocation) of silicate clay<\/strong> from the surface topsoil layer.”<\/p>\n