Toward Improved Nitrogen Fertilization with Precision Farming Based on Sensor and Satellite Technologies

Author(s):  
Heide Spiegel ◽  
Taru Sandén ◽  
Laura Essl ◽  
Francesco Vuolo
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lamhot P. Manalu

Precision agriculture has many facets including guidance, yield mapping, variable rate application and remote sensing. Variable rate nitrogen fertilization is a technique being developed for fertilizer application in recent years. One of the main problems in variable rate nitrogen fertilization is controlling the fertilizer application rate according to the soil nitrate level. In this paper, a digital control system for variable rate nitrogen fertilization is presented. A pole-placement controller design based on the simplified process model is used in this system. The system dynamic response of the pole-placement controller was simulated under the condition with torque disturbance and the condition without torque disturbance. The digital controller was then implemented into a prototype system and the dynamic response of the control system was tested under different torque disturbance conditions. The control system performed at acceptable levels under small external torque disturbance conditions. However, under large torque disturbances, the steady-state offset error in the system response was not acceptable and the use of a robust controller for both tracking control and disturbance rejection was recommended. This paper presents a simulation of the use of digital control for variable rate fertilization The benefits of using variable rate technology are very clear. Low yielding areas of the field are no longer over fertilized resulting in reduction of costs in those areas.Pertanian presisi memiliki banyak aspek diantaranya pengukuran, pemetaan hasil, aplikasi laju tidak tetap dan penginderaan jarak jauh. Pemupukan nitrogen secara laju tidak tetap (variable rate) adalah teknik yang dikembangkan untuk aplikasi pemupukan dalam beberapa tahun terakhir. Salah satu masalah utama dalam pemupukan nitrogen secara laju tidak tetap yaitu mengontrol jumlah pemakaian pupuk agar sesuai dengan kandungan nitrat tanah. Tulisan ini menyajikan studi tentang aplikasi sistem kontrol digital untuk pemupukan nitrogen secara laju tidak tetap dalam kerangka pertanian presisi (precision farming). Sebuah desain kontroler tiang-penempatan didasarkan penyederhanaan modelnya digunakan dalam sistem ini. Sistem respon dinamik dari pengontrol tiang-penempatan disimulasikan pada kondisi dengan gangguan torsi dan kondisi tanpa gangguan torsi. Kontrol digital kemudian diimplementasikan ke dalam sistem prototipe dan respon dinamik dari sistem kontrol diuji di bawah kondisi gangguan torsi yang berbeda. Sistem kontrol dilakukan pada tingkat yang dapat diterima dalam kondisi gangguan torsi eksternal yang kecil. Namun, di bawah gangguan torsi besar, kondisi steady yang mengimbangi kesalahan dalam respon sistem tidak dapat diterima. Tulisan ini menyajikan simulasi penggunaan kontrol digital untuk pemupukan secara variable rate. Tujuan penggunaan teknologi variable rate adalah agar lokasi dengan produktivitas rendah tidak lagi dipupuk secara berlebihan sehingga mengurangi biaya.Keywords: fertilization, digital control, variable rate, precision farming.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 402-403
Author(s):  
S. Sangeetha S. Sangeetha ◽  
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S. Praveena S. Praveena ◽  
P. Jai Sridhar P. Jai Sridhar

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-256
Author(s):  
Milan Biberdžić ◽  
Ivica Đalović ◽  
Aleksandar Paunović ◽  
Ilija Komljenović

2009 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Gajewski ◽  
Zenon Węglarz ◽  
Anna Sereda ◽  
Marta Bajer ◽  
Agnieszka Kuczkowska ◽  
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Quality of Carrots Grown for Processing as Affected by Nitrogen Fertilization and Harvest TermIn 2007-2008 the effect of nitrogen fertilization and harvest term on quality of two carrot cultivars was investigated. The field experiment was carried out in Żelazna Experimental Station of Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Karotan F1and Trafford F1cultivars, commonly grown for juice industry, were the objects of the experiment. Carrot seeds were sown at the beginning of May. Nitrogen fertilization was applied in five rates, ranged from 0 to 120 kg·ha-1and in two terms — before sowing and in the middle of growing season. Roots were harvested in three terms: mid-September, mid-October and the first decade of November. After harvest there were determined: nitrates (NO3) content in carrot roots and juice, soluble solids, colour parameters of juice in CIE L*a*b*system. The dose and the term of nitrogen fertilization influenced nitrates content in carrots, and the highest NO3concentration was found in carrots fertilized with 120 kg·ha-1of N before sowing. Karotan showed higher nitrates accumulation than Trafford. The content of nitrates in the roots was markedly higher than in carrot juice. Nitrates content in carrots decreased with delaying of harvest time, in opposite to soluble solids content. Soluble solids content and colour parameters of carrot juice were not affected by nitrogen fertilization, but the lowest L*, a*and b*values were observed at the last term of harvest.


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