Predicting soil texture using image analysis

Abstract Laboratory analysis of soil texture is laborious and not environmentally friendly. After sampling, another 56 h are required for the final report and the laboratory procedure employs hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide as chemical dispersion agents. Therefore a new analytical method to predict and classify soil texture is proposed using digital image processing of soil samples (image segmentation) and multivariate image analysis (MIA). Digital images of 63 soil samples, sieved to