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The effect of soil moisture content and soil texture on fast in situ pH measurements with two types of robust ion-selective electrodes
Department of Agromechatronics, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Max-Eyth-Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
Katja Emmerich
Department of Agromechatronics, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Max-Eyth-Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
Ingmar Schröter
Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Landscape Management and Nature Conservation, Schicklerstraße 5, 16225 Eberswalde, Germany
Eric Bönecke
Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1, 14979 Grossbeeren, Germany
Wolfgang Schwanghart
Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Jörg Rühlmann
Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1, 14979 Grossbeeren, Germany
Eckart Kramer
Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Landscape Management and Nature Conservation, Schicklerstraße 5, 16225 Eberswalde, Germany
Robin Gebbers
Department of Agromechatronics, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Max-Eyth-Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
Chair of Agricultural Business Operations, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Karl-Freiherr-von-Fritsch-Strasse 4, 06120 Halle, Germany
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Short summary
To rapidly obtain high-resolution soil pH data, pH sensors can measure the pH value directly in the field under the current soil moisture (SM) conditions. The influence of SM on pH and on its measurement quality was studied. An SM increase causes a maximum pH increase of 1.5 units. With increasing SM, the sensor pH value approached the standard pH value measured in the laboratory. Thus, at high soil moisture, calibration of the sensor pH values to the standard pH value is negligible.
To rapidly obtain high-resolution soil pH data, pH sensors can measure the pH value directly in...