Spot Soil Nutrition

Testing Module For Precision Agriculture

Mentee:
Mentor:
Karthika Mohan M S
Dr. Suresh V Bibisha C V
Jesudhas Xavier J
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
• For optimal crop yield, We need to recognize the symptoms of
insufficient (deficiency) or excess nutrients (toxicity) in the soil..
• Crops are affected by immediate factors
• Excess fertilizer, pesticide drift or insect infestations
PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• To develop a portable NPK sensing module for

testing the soil nutrition.
INTRODUCTION
• Fertilizing food is a difficult process

• Using excess fertilizer may leads to toxicity in the crops

• This project can reduce the imbalanced use of fertilizers

• This project will help the farmers to Fertilize profitable

Healthy crops
OBJECTIVE

• To Deign a portable NPK sensing module for testing

the soil NPK nutrition.

• Need to Get the accurate value of N,P,K using the

module

• Need to Calculate the amount of N,P,K to be added

in the soil
LITERATURE REVIEW
Ref.N Soil Sensor Technique To Detect Factors to Consider
o.

[4] A miniaturized on-chip colorimeter for Beer-Lambert’s law and N,P,K Compact, Portable Chip-Level Colorimeter, Good Error Control,
detecting NPK elements(2016) Anti-Interference Capability, And Linearity.
MEMS

[5] Detection of NPK nutrients of soil using fiber Colorimetric Principle , Fiber N,P,K Light Weight, Immune to EMI and RFI, Economical etc.
optic sensor(2015) Optic

[6] NPK detection spectroscopy on non- Spectrometer N,P,K Simple Laboratory setup
agriculture soil(2016)
 
 

[7] Application of Colorimetry to determine soil Colorimetry N,P,K Reduced Testing Time
fertility through Naive Bayes classification
algorithm(2018)
 
METHODOLOGY
• A Novel PHOTOMETRIC based SPOT SOIL
NUTRITION TESTER  .
• The Novel sensor unit comprises a RGB LED and LDR.
• The automatic stirring mechanism uses a powerful
electromagnet and PTFE coated magnet bar.
• Silicon tubes are used to carry the reagents, the reagents
are stored in PTFE bottles, ensure the long lasting life
of  SPOT SOIL NUTRITION TESTER
BLOCK
DIAGRAM Soil Collection

Soil Extract

Nitrogen (N) Phosphorus (P) Potassium (K)

Ammonia Nitrogen
(Nessler's Reagent) Sodium Molybdate + Stannous Cobalt Nitrate + Iso -
Oxalate Propyl alcohol

Selection
N or P or K Test

Examine &
Optical Detection

Monitor
Arduino microcontroller

Processing

Result
CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT

• Completed.
Front view of NPK testing module Photometric NPK sensor
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