Skip to content
Automation Squad

Role

AI for Soil Scientists

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Conduct research in breeding, physiology, production, yield, and management of crops and agricultural plants or trees, shrubs, and nursery stock, their growth in soils, and control of pests; or study the chemical, physical, biological, and mineralogical composition of soils as they relate to plant or crop growth. May classify and map soils and investigate effects of alternative practices on soil and crop productivity.

Soil and Plant Scientists · O*NET 19-1013.00 · Job Zone 5 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

9 of 35tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

15 matched to the tools soil and plant scientists use. Showing 15.

The tools this job actually uses

35 documented for this occupation. Showing 35, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Autodesk AutoCADhot
  • ESRI ArcGIS softwarehot
  • IBM SPSS Statisticshot
  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Active Server Pages ASPhot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Rhot
  • SAShot
  • 3dMapper
  • Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator EPIC
  • European Soil Erosion Model EUROSEM
  • GAEA Technologies WinSieve
  • GEOEAS
  • Geographic information system GIS software
  • Geographic information system GIS systems
  • GSLIB
  • Gstat
  • LandSerf
  • Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
  • National Resources Conservation Service NRCS PEDON Description Program PDP
  • National Resources Conservation Service NRCS Soils Explorer
  • National Soil Information System NASIS
  • PC-Progress HYDRUS
  • PedonCE
  • SGeMS
  • Soil information databases
  • SoilVision Systems SVOFFICE
  • SPAW
  • STATISTICA
  • UNSATFLOW
  • Variogram Estimation and Spatial Prediction plus Error Vesper
  • Water Erosion Prediction Project WEPP

What this job involves

27 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Communicate research or project results to other professionals or the public or teach related courses, seminars, or workshops.
  2. Develop methods of conserving or managing soil that can be applied by farmers or forestry companies.
  3. Provide information or recommendations to farmers or other landowners regarding ways in which they can best use land, promote plant growth, or avoid or correct problems such as erosion.
  4. Conduct experiments to develop new or improved varieties of field crops, focusing on characteristics such as yield, quality, disease resistance, nutritional value, or adaptation to specific soils or climates.
  5. Investigate soil problems or poor water quality to determine sources and effects.
  6. Investigate responses of soils to specific management practices to determine the use capabilities of soils and the effects of alternative practices on soil productivity.
  7. Conduct experiments to investigate the underlying mechanisms of plant growth and response to the environment.
  8. Identify degraded or contaminated soils and develop plans to improve their chemical, biological, or physical characteristics.
  9. Develop new or improved methods or products for controlling or eliminating weeds, crop diseases, or insect pests.
  10. Provide advice regarding the development of regulatory standards for land reclamation or soil conservation.
  11. Study soil characteristics to classify soils on the basis of factors such as geographic location, landscape position, or soil properties.
  12. Develop improved measurement techniques, soil conservation methods, soil sampling devices, or related technology.
  13. Conduct research to determine best methods of planting, spraying, cultivating, harvesting, storing, processing, or transporting horticultural products.
  14. Develop environmentally safe methods or products for controlling or eliminating weeds, crop diseases, or pests.
  15. Study ways to improve agricultural sustainability, such as the use of new methods of composting.
  16. Consult with engineers or other technical personnel working on construction projects about the effects of soil problems and possible solutions to these problems.
  17. Perform chemical analyses of the microorganism content of soils to determine microbial reactions or chemical mineralogical relationships to plant growth.
  18. Survey undisturbed or disturbed lands for classification, inventory, mapping, environmental impact assessments, environmental protection planning, conservation planning, or reclamation planning.
  19. Plan or supervise waste management programs for composting or farming.
  20. Develop ways of altering soils to suit different types of plants.
  21. Conduct experiments investigating how soil forms, changes, or interacts with land-based ecosystems or living organisms.
  22. Research technical requirements or environmental impacts of urban green spaces, such as green roof installations.
  23. Conduct experiments regarding causes of bee diseases or factors affecting yields of nectar or pollen.
  24. Identify or classify species of insects or allied forms, such as mites or spiders.
← All roles