Proceedings (Aug 2017)

Multimodal Probe Based on ISFET Electrochemical Microsensors for In-Situ Monitoring of Soil Nutrients in Agriculture

  • Matthieu Joly,
  • Laurent Mazenq,
  • Maurane Marlet,
  • Pierre Temple-Boyer,
  • Céline Durieu,
  • Jérôme Launay

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings1040420
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 4
p. 420

Abstract

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We report the design of a silicon chip dedicated to the in-situ monitoring of soil nitrogen cycle in wheat crop. Our study shows that ion-sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) microsensors are suitable for quick on-site or long-term analysis of nutrients measured directly in soil as opposed to soil extracts analysis. Our pH-ISFET recorded soil pH for six months with results in good accordance with standard sampling method and without any loss of sensitivity. The adaptation of pH-ISFET in pNO3 and pNH4-ISFET allowed, for the first time, the in-situ measurements of natural variations of soil nitrogen contents caused by microorganisms’ activity

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