A novel low-cost smart leaf wetness sensor

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 143, Issue , 2017, Pages 286-292

  Hornero, Gemma ^a   Gaitán Pitre, Jorge E ^a   Serrano Finetti, Ernesto ^a   Casas, Oscar ^a   Pallas Areny, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensor; Charge transfer circuit; Leaf wetness sensor; Plant disease; Precision agriculture

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECISION AGRICULTURE; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ARTIFICIAL LEAVES; CHARGE-TRANSFER CIRCUITS; COST EFFECTIVE; ELECTRONIC INTERFACE CIRCUITS; EPIDEMIC DEVELOPMENT; LEAF WETNESS; LEAF WETNESS SENSOR; LOW-COSTS; PLANT DISEASE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

DISEASE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LEAF; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SENSOR;

EID: 85033440053     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2017.11.001     Document Type: Article

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