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Year 4 Research Project
AI-Enabled Multianalyte Soil Sensor Nodes for Improving Agricultural Input Utilization and Tracking Chemical Fluxes in Soil

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Description

We aim to develop, characterize, and test in real-use conditions, novel inexpensive wireless sensors for accurately measuring agriculturally relevant soil signals such as nitrate, ammonium, phosphate, potassium, and moisture. In addition, AI-enabled algorithms will be developed to predict the spatiotemporal distribution of these signals to support 4R Nutrient Stewardship (Right fertilizer source; Right rate; Right time; Right place) practices. The novel soil sensors will be developed at The University of California, Berkeley (UCB) using printing technologies and conventional electronics. The sensors’ performance will be evaluated at The University of California, Davis (UCD), under controlled laboratory conditions and in instrumented commercial almond orchard and processing tomato fields. In addition, supervised learning AI algorithms for spatiotemporal prediction of soil analytes will be developed at UCD. With rigorous testing and evaluation methods, the team will deliver affordable instrumentation for real time soil monitoring and AI-enabled algorithms that will enhance production, profitability, and environmental stewardship.

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Team

Portrait of Isaya Kisekka

Isaya Kisekka

Co Principal Investigator

Portrait of Ana Arias

Ana Arias

Co Principal Investigator

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Publications

A thumbnail of the journal or conference cover of Vine water status mapping with multispectral UAV imagery and machine learning
Journal Article ⏐ Irrig. Sci. 2022

Vine Water Status Mapping with Multispectral UAV Imagery and Machine Learning

Tang, Zhehan,Yufang Jin,Maria del Mar Alsina,Andrew J McElrone,Nicolas Bambach-Ortiz,and William P Kustas
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-022-00788-w
A thumbnail of the journal or conference cover of Spatial–temporal modeling of root zone soil moisture dynamics in a vineyard using machine learning and remote sensing
Journal Article ⏐ Irrig. Sci. 2022

Spatial–temporal Modeling of Root Zone Soil Moisture Dynamics in a Vineyard Using Machine Learning and Remote Sensing

Kisekka, Isaya,Srinivasa R Peddinti,William P Kustas,Andrew J McElrone,Nicolas Bambach-Ortiz,Lynn McKee,and Wim Bastiaanssen
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-022-00775-1