“…The diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (i.e. visible and near-infrared, VNIR) uses wavelengths of 350-2500 nm to provide qualitative information and prediction of soil physical, chemical and biological characteristics Brown, Shepherd, Walsh, Dewayne Mays, & Reinsch, 2006; José A M Demattê, Araújo, Fiorio, Fongaro, & Nanni, 2015;Grunwald, Yu, & Xiong, 2018;Viscarra Rossel et al, 2016). The advantages of VNIR consist on a fast scan, cost-efficient (minimum area, portable sensors, field reading), and non-destructive (environmentally friendly source) methodology (Brown et al, 2006;Fang et al, 2018;Viscarra Rossel et al, 2016).…”