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To assess the potential of precision irrigation, a research and demonstration project whose goal is to develop a soil moisture sensor-based variable rate irrigation (VRI) control system was begun. The control system consists of a wireless soil moisture sensing array with a high density of sensor nodes, a VRI enabled center pivot irrigation system, and a web-based user interface with an integrated irrigation scheduling decision support system. This paper describes the system in detail providing some results from the components which have been completed and are operational and a detailed description of the components under development.
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The authors wish to acknowledge the Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District for promoting state-of-the-art conservation practices in the LFRB and for its farmer members who provided their time, fields, and knowledge to make this project a success.
This work was funded by a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) Program titled ‘Irrigation Automation to Improve the Efficiency of Water Resource Management in Row Crop Production in the Lower Flint River Basin of Georgia.’
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Vellidis, G. et al. (2013). A soil moisture sensor-based variable rate irrigation scheduling system. In: Stafford, J.V. (eds) Precision agriculture ’13. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-778-3_88
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