Automatic Irrigation Based on Soil Moisture for Vegetable Crops
Improving irrigation efficiency can contribute greatly to reducing production costs of vegetables, making the industry more competitive and sustainable. Through proper irrigation, average vegetable yields can be maintained (or increased) while minimizing environmental impacts caused by excess appli...
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Improving irrigation efficiency can contribute greatly to reducing production costs of vegetables, making the industry more competitive and sustainable. Through proper irrigation, average vegetable yields can be maintained (or increased) while minimizing environmental impacts caused by excess applied water and subsequent agrichemical leaching. Recent technological advances have made soil water sensors available for efficient and automatic operation of irrigation systems. Automatic soil water sensor-based irrigation seeks to maintain a desired soil water range in the root zone that is optimal for plant growth. This document is AE354, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date June 2005.
AE354/AE354: Automatic Irrigation Based on Soil Moisture for Vegetable Crops (ufl.edu)
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| spelling | doaj-art-38d3666d08354d7d98e2871a43fe64b42025-02-08T06:24:56ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092005-08-0120058Automatic Irrigation Based on Soil Moisture for Vegetable CropsRafael Muñoz-Carpena0Michael D. Dukes1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9340-5968University of FloridaUniversity of Florida Improving irrigation efficiency can contribute greatly to reducing production costs of vegetables, making the industry more competitive and sustainable. Through proper irrigation, average vegetable yields can be maintained (or increased) while minimizing environmental impacts caused by excess applied water and subsequent agrichemical leaching. Recent technological advances have made soil water sensors available for efficient and automatic operation of irrigation systems. Automatic soil water sensor-based irrigation seeks to maintain a desired soil water range in the root zone that is optimal for plant growth. This document is AE354, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date June 2005. AE354/AE354: Automatic Irrigation Based on Soil Moisture for Vegetable Crops (ufl.edu) https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/114983AE354 |
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| title | Automatic Irrigation Based on Soil Moisture for Vegetable Crops |
| title_full | Automatic Irrigation Based on Soil Moisture for Vegetable Crops |
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| title_short | Automatic Irrigation Based on Soil Moisture for Vegetable Crops |
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