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Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Wireless Sensor Networks for precision horticulture in Southern Spain
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
A wireless sensor network for precision viticulture: The NAV system
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
A remote wireless system for water quality online monitoring in intensive fish culture
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Review: Sensing technologies for precision specialty crop production
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Development of model based sensors for the supervision of a solar dryer
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
An autonomous intelligent gateway infrastructure for in-field processing in precision viticulture
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
The role of RFID in agriculture: Applications, limitations and challenges
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Context-aware agriculture organizer
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication
Developing WSN-based traceability system for recirculation aquaculture
Mathematical and Computer Modelling: An International Journal
Fully automated smart wireless frost prediction and protection system using a fuzzy logic controller
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing
Hierarchical multi-criteria risk-benefit analysis in fuzzy environment
Applied Soft Computing
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Prototyping the visualization of geographic and sensor data for agriculture
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Assessing irrigation scheme water use and farmers' performance using wireless telemetry systems
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
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A prototype real-time, smart sensor array for measuring soil moisture and soil temperature that uses off-the-shelf components was developed and evaluated for scheduling irrigation in cotton. The array consists of a centrally located receiver connected to a laptop computer and multiple sensor nodes installed in the field. The sensor nodes consist of sensors (up to three Watermark^(R) soil moisture sensors and up to four thermocouples), a specially designed circuit board, and a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tag which transmits data to the receiver. The smart sensor array described here offers real potential for reliably monitoring spatially variable soil water status in crop fields. The relatively low cost of the system (~USD 2400 for a 20-sensor node system) allows for installation of a dense population of soil moisture sensors that can adequately represent the inherent soil variability present in fields. This paper describes the smart sensor array and testing in a cotton crop. Integration of the sensors with precision irrigation technologies will provide a closed loop irrigation system where inputs from the smart sensor array will determine timing and amounts for real-time site-specific irrigation applications.