Sentences with phrase «soil moisture sensors»

Eligible activities under the Mid-South module include: 1) removal of rice straw from the field after harvest, 2) early drainage at the end of the growing season, 3) intermittent flooding during the growing season, and 4) increased water and / or energy use efficiency, achieved through measures including but not limited to: convert contour levees to precision or zero grade; use of side inlet / poly piping systems; use of more efficient diesel pumps; switch from diesel to electric pumps; use of soil moisture sensors to tailor flood to water needs.

«Soil moisture sensors can be used along with an automated irrigation system to irrigate when substrate volumetric water content drops below a set threshold, allowing for precise irrigation control and improved water conservation compared with traditional irrigation practices,» Bayer said.

Soil moisture sensors show, over time, how much water has gone into the ground, and how much has left, either from drainage or in the form of evapotranspiration from plants.

With a focus on constant improvement of practices and adoption of the latest farming and winemaking technologies, McManis Family Vineyards» water use efficiency measures in the vineyard include the use of soil moisture sensors, flow meters and distribution uniformity tests; while their winery recycles water and averages one gallon of water to produce one gallon of wine.

Cultivars «Radicans» and «August Beauty» were used in a study that showed that soil moisture sensor technology can be effective for controlling growth of the cultivars.

Toro's wireless Xtra Smart Soil Moisture Sensor keeps the moisture level just right.

Not exact matches

It is found that the performance of NB sensors is strongly limited by the presence of the soil moisture and by its small - scale variations.

Rather than using the weather to set the watering cycle, it uses a sensor that actually determines how much moisture is actually in the soil.

The sensor is capable of measuring the chloride (salt) in the soil moisture and linking up with other sensors to create a wireless network that can collate and relay the measurement readings.

The sensor is placed in the soil and measures the chloride levels in the soil moisture in a non-destructive way.

Within each plot, Theobald used sensors to record temperature, snowmelt and soil moisture content.

The growth medium was a peat potting mixture, with water content measured by a soil - moisture sensor.

A number of existing satellites can be used for the task; these include the European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) sensor that was launched in 2009 and NASA's Aquarius satellite that was launched in 2011.

Explore common L - band sensor and algorithm issues for sea surface salinity and soil moisture retrievals derived by SMOS and Aquarius data.

The multi-satellite C3S soil moisture product provides a single harmonised long - term dataset with reduced uncertainties and fewer data gaps compared to single sensor products (Dorigo et al. 2017; Gruber et al. 2017).

«The Edyn Garden Sensor tracks light, humidity, temperature, soil nutrition and moisture, and then cross-references this information with plant, soil science, and weather databases to recommend which plants will thrive.

Some have on - location sensors that measure moisture in the soil to determine water usage.