Mapping system using veris 3100 in oil palm area / Nurul Amirah and Mohammad Hudzari Razali

• Main Authors: Ahmad Zaki, Nurul Amirah, Razali, Mohammad Hudzari
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2018
• Subjects: Geographic information systems; Soils. Soil science. Including soil surveys, soil chemistry, soil structure, soil-plant relationships
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/56270/1/56270.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/56270/

Soil electrical conductivity (EC) is a measurement that links with the soil properties that will affect crop productivity. With advances in technology for precision agriculture. Veris Technology represent the development of on-the-go sensors for measuring level of Soil EC. The combination of sensor with EC help in improving our farming system. All the works can be done in shorter time. In this study it related with Soil EC and mapping system. Purpose of this study is used to measure the level EC content inside soil. The advantages of soil conductivity is that we are able to know the fact that sands have a low conductivity, silts have a medium conductivity and clays have a high conductivity. This study was conducted at Share Farm UiTM Jasin. Melaka in Oil Palm area. In this study Veris 3100 is used to measure the level of EC. This implement connects along with Auto Pilot tractor (New Holland TD575). Veris 3100 works together with GPS to get an exact location before it converted to map form. Then, data will convert into ArcGIS software. The use of ArcGIS software in digitize the data to make it clearer. With the development of ArcGIS software, it improves our map from simply to fully functioning system. Based on the result, it shows that there no much different of EC in that area. The negative value show that, there is a present of rock inside there. The level of EC inside soil give an effect to the performances of plant.