Design and testing of an automatic irrigation controller for fruit tree orchards, based on sap flow measurements

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 589-598

  Fernandez J E ^a   Romero, R ^b   Montano J C ^a   Diaz Espejo, A ^a   Muriel, J L ^b   Cuevas, M V ^a   Moreno, F ^a   Giron I F ^a   Palomo, M J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Irrigation control; Microprocessor applications; Olive; Remote handling; Sap flow

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DESIGN; INTERNET; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; ORCHARD; REAL TIME; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER; TESTING METHOD; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 46749090492     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR07312     Document Type: Article

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