In an effort to improve plant growth and to achieve high yield and/or quality, irrigation
scheduling (IS) seeks to provide plants with appropriate quantities of water at appropriate …

Appropriate irrigation water management has attracted a considerable degree of attention
because it is crucial to guarantee water and food security worldwide. A smart irrigation …

The scarcity of clean water resources around the globe has generated a need for their
optimum utilization. Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, based on the application specific …

Automatic irrigation scheduling systems are highly demanded in the agricultural sector due
to their ability to both save water and manage deficit irrigation strategies. Elaborating a …

Evapotranspiration-based irrigation controllers, also known as ET controllers, use ET
information or estimation to schedule irrigation. Previous research has shown that ET …

Water resources have a great influence on human society, but saving water in irrigation still
remains a challenge. This article proposes an intelligent irrigation system that integrates a …

Agriculture industry faces the challenge of increasing productivity by 50% from 2012 to 2050
while reducing water usage, given that it currently consumes 69% of the world's freshwater …

Seven irrigation scheduling algorithms and an automatic control system along with a
wireless network of soil, thermal and weather sensors were developed and assessed in …

Modern irrigation scheduling methods are generally based on sensor-monitored soil
moisture regimes rather than crop water stress. Crop water stress is difficult to measure in …

In the past ten years, smart irrigation controllers have been developed by a number of
manufacturers and have been promoted by water purveyors in an attempt to reduce …