Potato Irrigation Management

King, Bradley A.; Stark, J. C.; Neibling, Howard

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-39157-7_13

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“…In arid and semi-arid regions, irrigation is essential for agriculture. However, excess watering negatively affects food yield and quality (El-Ansary, 2017;King, Stark & Neibling, 2020) and leads to unnecessary consumption of water and energy. Besides, salt Industrial farming already uses IoT systems for increasing productivity and efficiency.…”

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MeteoMex: open infrastructure for networked environmental monitoring and agriculture 4.0

Winkler¹

2021

PeerJ Computer Science

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Air, water, and soil are essential for terrestrial life, but pollution, overexploitation, and climate change jeopardize the availability of these primary resources. Thus, assuring human health and food production requires efficient strategies and technologies for environmental protection. Knowing key parameters such as soil moisture, air, and water quality is essential for smart farming and urban development. The MeteoMex project aims to build simple hardware kits and their integration into current Internet-of-Things (IoT) platforms. This paper shows the use of low-end Wemos D1 mini boards to connect environmental sensors to the open-source platform ThingsBoard. Two printed circuit boards (PCB) were designed for mounting components. Analog, digital and I2C sensors are supported. The Wemos ESP8266 microchip provides WiFi capability and can be programed with the Arduino IDE. Application examples for the MeteoMex aeria and terra kits demonstrate their functionality for air quality, soil, and climate monitoring. Further, a prototype for monitoring wastewater treatment is shown, which exemplifies the capabilities of the Wemos board for signal processing. The data are stored in a PostgreSQL database, which enables data mining. The MeteoMex IoT system is highly scalable and of low cost, which makes it suitable for deployment in agriculture 4.0, industries, and public areas. Circuit drawings, PCB layouts, and code examples are free to download from https://github.com/robert-winkler/MeteoMex.

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MeteoMex: open infrastructure for networked environmental monitoring and agriculture 4.0

Winkler¹

2021

PeerJ Computer Science

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“…However, farmers schedule drip irrigation mainly based on experience and both over-or under-irrigation is often observed in farmers' fields, which may lead to loss of both yield and quality. More efficient irrigation management is necessary, which should be based on regular quantitative monitoring of soil water content and estimation of daily crop water requirements [19].…”

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Enhancing Sustainable Potato Production—A Case Study in Northern China

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Potato is the fourth most important staple crop in China. To meet the increased demand and environmental objectives, potato production should be enhanced by sustainable practices that aim to maximize yield and resource use efficiencies and minimize environmental impacts. Most experiments so far have taken place on experimental stations, while on-farm experimentation is needed to evaluate, demonstrate and scale more sustainable practices. On-farm field experiments were conducted in two years (2017, 2018) in northern China to investigate and demonstrate the effects of different nitrogen (N) fertiliser and irrigation input levels on potato yield, quality, resource use efficiency and environmental impacts. The 2017 experimental results on one farmer’s field showed that under irrigated conditions, adding N fertiliser (from 0 to 267 kg ha−1) did not increase yield due to the high soil N supply, rather it reduced tuber quality. The 2018 experimental results, in which four additional farmers were involved, indicated that, under irrigated conditions, reducing N fertiliser from the current rates (189–252 kg ha−1) to lower levels (109–181 kg ha−1) did not affect yield nor quality; while further reducing N fertiliser inputs (to 9–117 kg ha−1) resulted in a yield reduction (18% on average) in some fields. In both years, irrigation improved tuber yield and quality compared to that under rainfed conditions. The nitrogen use efficiency was improved and N surplus was reduced by applying irrigation and reducing N fertiliser input. Farmers expressed they were willing to reduce N fertiliser input by 10–20%, and indicated that a widespread adaptation of drip irrigation is hindered by the high costs and labor requirements. Site-specific recommendations on optimum N fertiliser and irrigation management must be provided, which should preferably be based on regular quantitative monitoring of soil N supply and soil moisture content.

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“…2 The successful irrigation of potato requires an understanding of both irrigation and scheduling methods, as a regular water supply is needed to secure high yields. 3 Potato is often considered to be a highwater-use crop, 4 with yield quantity greatly influenced by the amount of applied water. 5,6 In agriculture, quantifying evapotranspiration (ET) is essential for effective irrigation management.…”

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Impact of water requirement on yield productivity of potato crop using lysimeters under arid climate

Marazky¹,

Mohammad²,

Al-Ghobari³

2019

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Here, we address the issue of water management for potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) crops under arid conditions in Saudi Arabia over a 5-year period (2011-2016). Daily evapotranspiration for irrigated potato crops (ETc) was determined over a period of three successive seasons. Non-weighing (drainage) lysimeters were used in four regions: Riyadh, Qassiem, Eastern Province, and Al-Jouf. Crop coefficients (Kc) were determined using lysimetric data and an alfalfa-based reference crop evapotranspiration (ETr) during each growing season. Measured (M-ETr) and predicted, (P-ETr) for different regions were compared. Comparisons between M-ETr and P-ETr show higher trends for the measured values in all regions, with averages of 5.72 mm/d, 4.42 mm/d, 5.06 mm/d, and 7.94 mm/d for the Riyadh, Qassiem, Eastern Province, and Al-Jouf regions, respectively. Differences in the ETr and ETc were also observed among the regions due to geographic and climatic variations. In addition, the water-use efficiency of potato crops was generally highest (5.45 kg m-3) in Riyadh and lowest (1.54 kg m-3) in Qassiem. Analysis of projected net returns for irrigated potato production revealed that greater economic potential exists.

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Potato Irrigation Management

Cited by 30 publications

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MeteoMex: open infrastructure for networked environmental monitoring and agriculture 4.0

MeteoMex: open infrastructure for networked environmental monitoring and agriculture 4.0

Enhancing Sustainable Potato Production—A Case Study in Northern China

Impact of water requirement on yield productivity of potato crop using lysimeters under arid climate

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