ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Review of Novel and Emerging Proximal Soil Moisture Sensors for Use in Agriculture.
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- Novel Spiral and Embracing IDE Capacitive Sensors for In Situ Measurement of Soil Moisture.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Multi-scale resistivity imaging for soil moisture and structure characterization in precision agriculture.PloS one · 2026Article
- Spatial and Temporal Field-Scale Accuracy Assessment of a Multi-Sensor Spade for In Situ Soil Diagnostics: Performance and Limitations of the Stenon FarmLab for Precision Agriculture.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Designing and field calibration of low-cost microcontroller-based soil moisture sensor for subsurface drip-irrigation system.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Implementation of a wireless sensor network for irrigation management in drip irrigation systems.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Trends of Soil and Solution Nutrient Sensing for Open Field and Hydroponic Cultivation in Facilitated Smart Agriculture.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Calibration of Low-Cost Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensors for Irrigation Management Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Development of a Low-Cost Sensor System for Accurate Soil Assessment and Biological Activity Profiling.Micromachines · 2024Article
- Calibration of Low-Cost Moisture Sensors in a Biochar-Amended Sandy Loam Soil with Different Salinity Levels.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Assessment of Low-Cost and Higher-End Soil Moisture Sensors across Various Moisture Ranges and Soil Textures.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Design of an Ultrasound Sensing System for Estimation of the Porosity of Agricultural Soils.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Field Testing of Gamma-Spectroscopy Method for Soil Water Content Estimation in an Agricultural Field.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Sensors for Digital Transformation in Smart Forestry.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Portable Pull-Out Soil Profile Moisture Sensor Based on High-Frequency Capacitance.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Internet of Things (IoT) for Soil Moisture Tensiometer Automation.Micromachines · 2023Article
- Low-Error Soil Moisture Sensor Employing Spatial Frequency Domain Transmissometry.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Robust Soil Water Potential Sensor to Optimize Irrigation in Agriculture.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Phase-Dependent Effect That Enables Multi-Scale Moisture Measurements in Heterogeneous Substrates Using TubularSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
The measurement of soil moisture in agriculture is currently dominated by a small number of sensors, the use of which is greatly limited by their small sampling volume, high cost, need for close soil-sensor contact, and poor performance in saline, vertic and stony soils. This review was undertaken to explore the plethora of novel and emerging soil moisture sensors, and evaluate their potential use in agriculture. The review found that improvements to existing techniques over the last two decades are limited, and largely restricted to frequency domain reflectometry approaches. However, a broad range of new, novel and emerging means of measuring soil moisture were identified including, actively heated fiber optics (AHFO), high capacity tensiometers, paired acoustic / radio / seismic transceiver approaches, microwave-based approaches, radio frequency identification (RFID), hydrogels and seismoelectric approaches. Excitement over this range of potential new technologies is however tempered by the observation that most of these technologies are at early stages of development, and that few of these techniques have been adequately evaluated in situ agricultural soils.
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