Kristin Persson

If we know how different environmental factors vary in time and space, and how our crops respond to this variation, we can better adapt management practices to the plants' needs — e can harvest more where conditions are good, while avoiding spreading nutrients and chemicals where they arenot needed. This is called precision agriculture. My research is about developing knowledge, data and tools for a more resource-efficient crop production.

MV0214 Soil management in crop production

Associate Professor in Soil Science with a focus on Precision Agriculture and Pedometrics (SLU; 2015)

Ph.D. in Environmental Science with a specialization in Plant Physiology (University of Gothenburg; 2006)

B. Sc. in Biology (University of Gothenburg; 1998)

Main supervisor for Karl Adler, Dept of Soil and Environment, SLU (dissertation 2022). PhD thesis: Digital soil mapping and portable X-ray fluorescence prediction of cadmium, copper and zinc concentrations as decision support for crop production Link

Co-supervisor for Sanna Bergqvist, Dept. of Crop Production Ecology, SLU. PhD project: Using sensor technologies to assess forage crops in both researchand farm settings.

Publications in Google Scholar. Published under married name Piikki 2003-2022.

Here is published open R code for internal functionality indecision support systems for precision agriculture: https://github.com/lads-slu