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NIR news
Volume 21 Issue 6, Pages 7–9 (2010)
doi: 10.1255/nirn.1199

Feasibility of using NIR spectroscopy for predicting the behaviour of herbicides in agricultural soils

Baljeet Singh,a Annemieke Farenhorsta and Diane F. Malleyb
aDepartment of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2. E-mail: baljeetsingh81@gmail.com, farenhor@cc.umanitoba.ca
bPDK Projects Inc., Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada V9V 1L6. E-mail: dmalley@pdkprojects.com

A study is underway in Manitoba to determine whether it is feasible to estimate herbicide sorption in soil with NIR spectroscopy and whether the method is sensitive enough to delineate spatial differences in herbicide sorption at the field-scale.

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