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    The document discusses testing a new wireless smart farming system for controlling irrigation of strawberry plants. Laboratory and operational tests were conducted to evaluate the precision of soil moisture measurements and usefulness of the system for automatic irrigation control based on moisture thresholds. The results showed the system was able to maintain stable soil moisture levels and irrigate strawberry plants automatically based on established thresholds.

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    The document discusses testing a new wireless smart farming system for controlling irrigation of strawberry plants. Laboratory and operational tests were conducted to evaluate the precision of soil moisture measurements and usefulness of the system for automatic irrigation control based on moisture thresholds. The results showed the system was able to maintain stable soil moisture levels and irrigate strawberry plants automatically based on established thresholds.

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    SUITABILITY OF A NEW TELEMETRIC CAPACITANCE-BASED

    MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION


    MANAGEMENT OF STRAWBERRY PLANTS
    KRZYSZTOF KLAMKOWSKI*, WALDEMAR TREDER, ANNA TRYNGIEL-GAĆ, KATARZYNA WÓJCIK, AGNIESZKA MASNY
    1 The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland, *[email protected]

    1. INTRODUCTION
    Water deficiency is major cause of stress and reductions in crop yield and quality. The growth in food demand and decreasing water resources have been
    a driving force to develop new technologies for efficient use of water in agriculture. A number of methods are available to assist growers in determining
    when water is needed and how much is required. One is to characterize soil/substrate water status by measuring water content or potential. Soil
    moisture sensing technology has been available to the irrigation market for many years. However, its adoption into common usage has been slow,
    possibly because of the high price of some sensors or low quality measurements produced by others. Modern technical solutions using the Internet of
    Things technologies allow long-term operation of wirelessly communicating sensors. The suitability of a new wireless smart farming system for
    controlling irrigation of strawberry plants was assessed in the study.

    2. MATERIALS AND METHODS


    The wireless system (name: AGREUS®) includes soil/substrate moisture sensors, executive (valve) modules, and an application available on the web portal
    (Fig. 1, 2). Laboratory tests included appraisal of the precision of soil/substrate moisture measurements carried out with the probes. The calibration
    procedure involved determination of a relationship between relative permittivity (probe output) and actual water content for several soils and soilless
    media. The elaborated coefficients (calibration models) were implemented in a form of software on the web portal. Operational tests were conducted on
    strawberry plants cultivated in containers under greenhouse conditions (Fig. 2).
    3. RESULTS
    The performed analyses have shown the usefulness of the system for automatic control of irrigation. The system allows for continuous monitoring of
    changes in moisture and automatic application of irrigation depending on the adopted soil/substrate moisture thresholds.
    The example results are presented in Figure 3. The moisture of the growing medium was maintained at a stable level, optimal for plant development.
    Irrigation was applied automatically by the system based on the established moisture threshold (irrigation events in the graph are visible as vertical
    lines). In the study some plants were grown under water deficiency conditions. The moisture of the growing medium was maintained at a lower level
    compared to the optimally irrigated plants (lower moisture threshold was established).

    a b
    Figure 1. Monitoring (moisture, EC, temperature) and irrigation control system Figure 2. Dielectric probe monitoring moisture of the growing
    (web application) medium (a), irrigation valve controller (b)

    Figure 3. Changes in growing medium moisture (strawberry plants grown


    under condition of optimal irrigation or water deficiency)
    Project implemented under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism for 2014-2021 "We work together for a green, competitive and favorable social integration
    in Europe", contract number NOR/POLNOR/QualityBerry/0014/2019-00

    V Balkan Symposium on Fruit Growing, Zagreb, Croatia, June 18-21, 2023

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