Horticulture: Multiple commercial uses of wireless sensor networks outlined in report

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 06:31 in Mathematics & Economics

A review examines three on-farm case studies of product development, deployment, and implementation of wireless sensor networks as a means to increase irrigation efficiency in commercial horticulture operations. The report focuses on the use of capacitance-based soil moisture sensors to both monitor and control irrigation events, describing the implementation and use of soil moisture-based irrigation hardware and software developed.

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