Mitsubishi Electric Technology Estimates Organic Carbon in Farmland Using Optical Measurements and Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics Models

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has developed a technology to accurately estimate the amount of soil organic carbon (SOC) in agricultural land by combining optical measurements with two SOC dynamic models: a root biomass model1 and a microbially mediated organic matter decomposition model.2 The new technology will enable the efficient, low-cost, large-scale monitoring of SOC by eliminating the need for soil sampling and laboratory ch.