Closed-loop drip irrigation control using a hybrid wireless sensor and actuator network

Science China Information Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 577-588

  Li, Zhen ^a,b   Wang, Ning ^b   Hong, Tian Sheng ^a   Franzen, Aaron ^b   Li, Jia Nian ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

drip irrigation; precision agriculture; soil property monitoring; wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952444230     PISSN: 1674733X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11432-010-4086-6     Document Type: Article

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