Litsebi tsa temo le tsa mobu li lokisetsa lihoai mekhoa e metle ho li thusa ho etsa liqeto tse nepahetseng mabapi le ho laola masimo le lijalo tsa bona. Rintaro Kinoshita le sehlopha sa bafuputsi ba hlokometse hore sesebelisoa se kang "Apparent Electrical Conductivity (ECa) Sensor" se ka fana ka tlhahisoleseding ea bohlokoa mabapi le masimo a temo, litlaleho. webosaete ea semmuso ea American Society of Agronomy.
Kinoshita ke motlatsi oa moprofesa Univesithing ea Obihiro ea Temo le Meriana ea Liphoofolo, Japane, empa o ile a etsa lipatlisiso tsena ha a le Univesithing ea Cornell, USA.
Lipatlisiso e hatisitsoe ho Agronomy Journal, sengoliloeng sa American Society of Agronomy.
Ha e le hantle, mobu le litšobotsi tsa oona ke tse ling tsa lintlha tsa bohlokoa bakeng sa temo. Phapang ea sebaka ho chai e itšetlehile haholo ka lintlha tse tharo: topography, mobu, le likokoanyana/mafu.
Hangata lihoai li itšetlehile ka liteko tsa mobu ho utloisisa litšobotsi tsa mobu, empa li nka nako 'me li theko e boima. Kinoshita le sehlopha ba sebelisitse theknoloji ea sensor e ba lumellang ho bokella lintlha tse fapaneng tsa lijalo le mobu ntle le ho cheka mobu. Li-sensor tsena li ka tsamaisoa ka lisebelisoa tsa temo joalo ka literekere mme li fana ka lintlha tsa bohlokoa. Ho lekanya tlhahisoleseling, bafuputsi ba ile ba bapisa lintlha tse tsoang ho li-sensor tsa bona le liphetho tsa tlhahlobo ea disampole tsa mobu.
Boithuto bona bo entsoe sebakeng sa liprofinse tsa Maryland le Delaware (libaka tsa Lebopo la Lebopo le Sehlabeng sa Piedmont). Sehlopha se ile sa hlahloba masimo a poone a 26 libakeng tse peli tse fapaneng tsa libaka le tsa sehlooho.
Sensor e bonahalang ea motlakase (ECa) e ipakile e atlehile haholo ho lekola thepa ea mobu ha e bapisoa le lisampole tsa mobu tse nkiloeng. Li-sensor tsena li ile tsa khona ho bolela esale pele sebopeho sa mobu, haholo-holo botebong bo fapaneng, le metsi a teng. Kaha metsi ke eona feela mohato oa ho tsamaisa, litekanyo tsa thepa ea mobu tse amang ho fumaneha ha metsi li ka boleloa esale pele ka ECa. Litekanyo tse amanang le mongobo oa mobu le lihlahisoa tsa poone, e leng boitsebiso ba bohlokoa bakeng sa lihoai.
Sehlopha se boetse se lekile mahlale a mang, empa liphetho li ne li sa hlaka joalo ka sensor e hlakileng ea conductivity. Monyetla oa ho ts'oara data ea tekanyo ka li-sensor ke hore e etsoa ka potlako, hangata e nka lihora tse 1-2 bakeng sa lihekthere tse ling le tse ling tse mashome a mahlano. Ka lehlakoreng le leng, tlhahlobo ea mantlha ea mobu e ka nka libeke kapa ka linako tse ling likhoeli, ho latela thepa ea mobu.
Kinoshita o hlalosa hore e le ho laola lijalo hantle, ke habohlokoa ho qala ho ela hloko likarolo tse tebileng tsa mobu, 'me mochine oa ECa o ka thusa haholo tabeng ena.
Boithuto bona bo tšehelitsoe ke Willard Agri-Service oa Frederick, Inc. e tšehetsoa ke Lenaneo la Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program.
Ntle le moo, Univesithi ea Obihiro e sebelisana kahare lenaneo la phapanyetsano ea tsebo ea agronomic le Univesithi ea Wisconsin-Madison. Ka bobeli sebaka sa Obihiro se Japane le Wisconsin United States li lema lijalo tse tšoanang: litapole le linaoa tsa soya. Lenaneo le shebane le mekhoa ea phepo e nepahetseng le saense ea mobu.