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Cutting Edge Irrigation

Or what do faculty members do when they are not in the classroom…. Cutting Edge Irrigation. Irrigation Controller. Production areas. Sensors. Valves. Wireless Communication Network. Decision Support System. Farm Zoning Module. Irrigation Scheduler. What is a Wireless Sensor Network?.

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Cutting Edge Irrigation

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  1. Or what do faculty members do when they are not in the classroom…. Cutting Edge Irrigation

  2. Irrigation Controller Production areas Sensors Valves Wireless CommunicationNetwork Decision Support System FarmZoning Module IrrigationScheduler What is a Wireless Sensor Network? Local Computer Grower Input Crop Response Model Crop Database Remote Computer or Smartphone

  3. Hardware • Sensors • Nodes • Valves • Software • Data visualization • Decision making nR5 What is a Wireless Sensor Network?

  4. Water savings • Disease management • Plant growth • Height control Production Impacts

  5. Statham, GA • Perennial Grower • Small container size • Quick production cycles • Tremendous diversity of crops • Information-addict

  6. nR5 node at Evergreen

  7. Water Use Study A problem crop… 2010-11

  8. Results: • Water Savings: None • (0.5% difference, July 28 - Dec 7, 2011) • Crop health: Excellent • Sold 15% more plants than expected • Finish time: Spring instead of Fall 2011

  9. Crop Sales

  10. Crop Sales 23,400 plants New Crop - 2012

  11. Is it real? Ready Sept. 2012 4 month production cycle

  12. Potential benefits found include: • Water/energy/labor savings • Reduced losses • Reduced management time • Accelerated production time Analysis by Erik Lichtenberg, Univ. of Maryland Profitability of Wireless Sensor Networks

  13. Crop Sales 23,400 plants New Crop - 2012

  14. The system payback was less than one month! Gardenia Profitability Summary

  15. Potential Fertilizer Savings

  16. Production of poinsettias; intensive use of growth regulators (PGR) • Potential of controlled drought to control height Plant Height control

  17. Height control treatments

  18. 35.6 cm 39.4 cm 43.2 cm control Study 2: Different target heights

  19. www.smart-farms.net

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