leaf and soil moisture Articles
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Canada: fighting Cercospora in sugar beets - Case Study
Case Study Summary Application Decision Support System to fight Cercospora Leafspot in sugar beets Location Michigan and Ontario, Canada Products deployed A850 Telemetry Gateway (several) A753 addWAVE UHF A723 addIT UHF SEN-R Temperature and rel. humidity sensor RG Rain Gauge WET Leafwetness sensor Participating Organizations Michigan Sugar Corporation Parameters recorded Air temperature and ...
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Soil water reserve estimation and vegetation relationships in a Mediterranean sub-humid forested catchment
A simple water balance model was used to calculate soil water reserve in a Mediterranean forested catchment. The relationship between soil water reserve and leaf water potential and stem water content was analysed. The usefulness of these variables as plant water status indicators was tested. The analyses were developed with a seven-year-long database (2001–2007) in the case of soil water content ...
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Yield prediction and disease advice, frost warning - Case Study
The National Mexican Weather Station Network Case Study Summary Applications Yield prediction, disease monitoring, frost warning, soil moisture monitoring Location Mexico Products deployed Adcon ETo stations Adcon rain gauge stations Adcon soil moisture stations Contributors Agrienlace SA de C.V. Participating Organizations INIFAP (Ministry of Agriculture) & COFUPRO Parameters ...
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Precision viticulture technology a key to producing premium quality wines in changing climate [part 2]
In the first part of the article, we wrote about how precision viticulture technologies can help with choosing long-term and short-term cultivation strategies in order to adapt to climate changes, and named some of the precision viticulture technologies that exist on the market. Now let’s have a look at how and which precision viticulture technologies can help with specific vineyard ...
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How to grow more food with less water
Scientists and farmers collaborate on a quest for more efficient irrigation This story was co-published with Civil Eats, a daily news source for critical thought about the American food system. From reading the weather to choosing a crop, farming has always been a hands-on enterprise. When a farmer wonders how much water a crop needs, a simple test has always sufficed: Grab a handful of soil ...
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