Development of mini-lysimeter system for use in irrigation automation of container-grown crops.

ABSTRACT: Development of more efficient and sustainable irrigation technology is critical to maintain horticultural production in a water scarce future. Sensor controlled irrigation is an emerging technology that has the potential to increase irrigation efficiency and reduce overwatering by using real-time data on container water status to control the timing and volume of irrigation events. This project presents a novel irrigation control system using lysimetry. We develop small scale lysimeters, referred to as mini-lysimeter, which provide a direct measure of actual evapotranspiration (ET) via a change in mass of containerized crops. As such, mini-lysimeter sensors have the potential to be an effective instrument for automatic irrigation scheduling. This paper presents the mini-lysimeter controlled

SUBMITTER: McCauely DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058857 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature