Estimation of soil properties with mid-infrared soil spectroscopy across yam production landscapes in West Africa

Author:

Baumann PhilippORCID,Lee JuhwanORCID,Frossard Emmanuel,Schönholzer Laurie Paule,Diby Lucien,Hgaza Valérie Kouamé,Kiba Delwende Innocent,Sila Andrew,Sheperd KeithORCID,Six JohanORCID

Abstract

Abstract. Low soil fertility is challenging the sustainable production of staple crops in the yam belt of West Africa. Quantitative soil measures are needed to assess soil fertility decline and to improve crop fertilization management in the region. We developed and tested a mid-infrared (mid-IR) soil spectral library to enable timely and cost-efficient assessments of soil properties. Our collection included 80 soil samples from four landscapes (10 km × 10 km) and 20 fields/landscape across a gradient from humid forest to savanna, and 14 additional samples from one landscape that had been sampled within the Land Health Degradation Framework. We derived partial least square regression models to estimate soil properties with spectra.The models produced accurate cross-validated estimates of total carbon, total nitrogen, total sulfur, total iron, total aluminum, total potassium, total calcium, exchangeable calcium, effective cation exchange capacity, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) extractable iron and clay content (R2 > 0.75). The estimates of total zinc, pH, exchangeable magnesium, bioavailable copper and manganese were less predictable (R2 > 0.50). Our results confirm that mid-IR spectroscopy is a reliable and quick method assess the regional-scale variation in most soil properties, especially the ones closely associated with soil organic matter. Although the relatively small mid-IR library shows satisfactory performance, we expect that frequent but small model updates will be needed to adapt the library to the variation of soil quality attributes within individual fields in the regions and their temporal fluctuations.

Publisher

Copernicus GmbH

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