A LoRaWAN IoT System for Smart Agriculture for Vine Water Status Determination
In view of the actual climate change scenario felt across the globe, resource management is crucial, especially with regard to water. In this sense, continuous monitoring of plant water status is essential to optimise not only crop management but also water resources. Currently, monitoring of vine w...
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| author | Antonio Valente Carlos Costa Leonor Pereira Bruno Soares José Lima Salviano Soares |
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| description | In view of the actual climate change scenario felt across the globe, resource management is crucial, especially with regard to water. In this sense, continuous monitoring of plant water status is essential to optimise not only crop management but also water resources. Currently, monitoring of vine water status is done through expensive and time-consuming methods that do not allow continuous monitoring, which is especially inconvenient in places with difficult access. The aim of the developed work was to install three groups of sensors (Environmental, Plant and Soil) in a vineyard and connect them through LoRaWAN protocol for data transmission. The results demonstrate that the implemented system is capable of continuous data communication without data loss. The reduced cost and superior range of LoRaWAN compared to WiFi or Bluetooth is especially important for applications in remote areas where cellular networks have little coverage. Altogether, this methodology provides a remote, continuous and more effective method to monitor plant water status and is capable of supporting producers in more efficient management of their farms and water resources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2acf8e31cc5e4cf9932e4871e15f85ec2023-11-23T22:22:36ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722022-10-011210169510.3390/agriculture12101695A LoRaWAN IoT System for Smart Agriculture for Vine Water Status DeterminationAntonio Valente0Carlos Costa1Leonor Pereira2Bruno Soares3José Lima4Salviano Soares5Engineering Department, School of Sciences and Technology, UTAD, 5000-801 Vila Real, PortugalEngineering Department, School of Sciences and Technology, UTAD, 5000-801 Vila Real, PortugalCoLAB Vines&Wines—National Collaborative Laboratory for the Portuguese Wine Sector, Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Viticultura Duriense (ADVID), Edifício Centro de Excelência da Vinha e do Vinho, Régia Douro Park, 5000-033 Vila Real, PortugalCoLAB Vines&Wines—National Collaborative Laboratory for the Portuguese Wine Sector, Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Viticultura Duriense (ADVID), Edifício Centro de Excelência da Vinha e do Vinho, Régia Douro Park, 5000-033 Vila Real, PortugalINESC TEC—INESC Technology and Science, 4200-465 Porto, PortugalEngineering Department, School of Sciences and Technology, UTAD, 5000-801 Vila Real, PortugalIn view of the actual climate change scenario felt across the globe, resource management is crucial, especially with regard to water. In this sense, continuous monitoring of plant water status is essential to optimise not only crop management but also water resources. Currently, monitoring of vine water status is done through expensive and time-consuming methods that do not allow continuous monitoring, which is especially inconvenient in places with difficult access. The aim of the developed work was to install three groups of sensors (Environmental, Plant and Soil) in a vineyard and connect them through LoRaWAN protocol for data transmission. The results demonstrate that the implemented system is capable of continuous data communication without data loss. The reduced cost and superior range of LoRaWAN compared to WiFi or Bluetooth is especially important for applications in remote areas where cellular networks have little coverage. Altogether, this methodology provides a remote, continuous and more effective method to monitor plant water status and is capable of supporting producers in more efficient management of their farms and water resources.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/10/1695smart agricultureIoTLoRaWANWSNwater status |
| spellingShingle | Antonio Valente Carlos Costa Leonor Pereira Bruno Soares José Lima Salviano Soares A LoRaWAN IoT System for Smart Agriculture for Vine Water Status Determination Agriculture smart agriculture IoT LoRaWAN WSN water status |
| title | A LoRaWAN IoT System for Smart Agriculture for Vine Water Status Determination |
| title_full | A LoRaWAN IoT System for Smart Agriculture for Vine Water Status Determination |
| title_fullStr | A LoRaWAN IoT System for Smart Agriculture for Vine Water Status Determination |
| title_full_unstemmed | A LoRaWAN IoT System for Smart Agriculture for Vine Water Status Determination |
| title_short | A LoRaWAN IoT System for Smart Agriculture for Vine Water Status Determination |
| title_sort | lorawan iot system for smart agriculture for vine water status determination |
| topic | smart agriculture IoT LoRaWAN WSN water status |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/10/1695 |
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