Water management is a major challenge facing agriculture in California and other dry regions. A new University of California Riverside (UCR) system can map soil moisture tree by tree, so growers water only where and when it’s needed.
The system, detailed in the journal Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, is the work of Elia Scudiero’s research group. Scudiero is associate professor of precision agriculture and the director of UCR’s Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment. This research was conducted at UCR’s Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station.
BEYOND SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS…