Who Is Interested in Purchasing Smart Irrigation Systems?

Water scarcity concerns have led to revolutionary new smart technologies for residential landscape irrigation, including evapotranspiration and soil-moisture sensor systems. The adoption of smart irrigation technologies into residential landscapes, however, has been slow. This 7-page publication written by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Caroline R. Warwick, and Michael Dukes and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department provides an overview of how different consumer groups perceive smart irrigation technology and the best promotions to encourage smart irrigation adoption in home landscapes. It is designed for landscapers, irrigation specialists, and marketing professionals who work with and are interested in promoting smart irrigation technologies to end consumers. Firms can use the results to tailor marketing strategies to target relevant customer segments and create promotions to encourage homeowners to adopt water-saving irrigation technologies. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1069

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Investigating Homeowners’ Preferences for Smart Irrigation Technology Features

Water ◽

10.3390/w11101996 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 1996 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Xumin Zhang ◽

Hayk Khachatryan

Keyword(s):

Online Survey ◽

New Technologies ◽

Weather Data ◽

Irrigation Systems ◽

Moisture Sensor ◽

Soil Moisture Sensor ◽

Residential Landscapes ◽

Irrigation Technology ◽

Irrigation Water Use ◽

Irrigation Technologies

Smart irrigation systems are relatively new technologies that optimize irrigation schedules in residential landscapes, thus leading to reduced irrigation water use and potential contamination. To promote the use of such technologies, the landscape services industry has introduced innovative features such as the integration of local weather data into irrigation controller systems or mobile phone control and alert notifications that help to facilitate usability and prevent over-irrigation. Very few studies have addressed homeowners’ preferences for outdoor irrigation technologies. This study investigates homeowners’ preferences for smart irrigation systems for residential landscapes. We utilized online survey data to examine how homeowners’ knowledge and perceptions influence their preferences for specific features such as automatic failure alert and notifications, mobile control, integration with weather-based and soil-moisture sensor-based irrigation, home automation, and touchscreen displays. Results estimated by the rank-ordered logit model revealed that knowledge and perceptions of smart irrigation controllers are significantly correlated with homeowners’ preferences for water efficiency features. The results offer practical implications for policymakers and the residential irrigation industry as they develop and promote smart irrigation technologies to conserve water resources.

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Homeowners’ Preferences for Smart Irrigation Systems and Features

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-fe1080-2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (5) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Hayk Khachatryan ◽

Alicia Rihn ◽

Dong Hee Suh ◽

Michael Dukes

Keyword(s):

Water Use ◽

Water Policy ◽

Resource Economics ◽

Irrigation Systems ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Fact Sheet ◽

Drought Conditions ◽

Economics Department ◽

Irrigation Technologies

Drought conditions make landscape irrigation and reducing water use top-of-mind for many Floridians. Encouraging wise water use is of particular importance to the smart irrigation industry and water policy makers. This 5-page fact sheet written by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Dong Hee Suh, and Michael Dukes and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department pinpoints key attributes and barriers affecting consumers' irrigation purchases and their adoption of smart irrigation technologies. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1080

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Soil Moisture Sensor-based Systems are Suitable for Monitoring and Controlling Irrigation of Greenhouse Crops

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci12676-17 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 53 (4) ◽

pp. 552-559 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Scott Henderson ◽

David Gholami ◽

Youbin Zheng

Keyword(s):

Soil Moisture ◽

Crop Production ◽

Growth Index ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Irrigation Systems ◽

Crop Species ◽

Moisture Sensor ◽

Soil Moisture Sensor ◽

Soil Moisture Sensors ◽

Microclimate Variation

Sensor-based feedback control irrigation systems have been increasingly explored for greenhouse applications. However, the relationships between microclimate variation, plant water usage, and growth are not well understood. A series of trials were conducted to investigate the microclimate variations in different greenhouses and whether a soil moisture sensor-based system can be used in monitoring and controlling irrigation in greenhouse crop productions. Ocimum basilicum ‘Genovese Gigante’ basil and Campanula portenschlagiana ‘Get Mee’ bellflowers were monitored using soil moisture sensors for an entire crop cycle at two commercial greenhouses. Significant variations in greenhouse microclimates were observed within the two commercial greenhouses and within an older research greenhouse. Evaporation rates were measured and used as an integrated indicator of greenhouse microclimate conditions. Evaporation rates varied within all three greenhouses and were almost double the lowest rates within one of the greenhouses, suggesting microclimates within a range of greenhouses. Although these microclimate variations caused large variations in the growing substrate water contents of containers within the greenhouses, the growth and quality of the plants were unaffected. For example, no significant correlations were observed between the growth of bellflower plants and the average volumetric water content (VWC), minimum VWC, or maximum VWC of the growing substrate. The change in VWC at each irrigation (ΔVWC), however, was positively correlated with the fresh weight, dry weight, and growth index (GI) of the bellflowers. For basil, no significant correlations were observed between plant growth and ΔVWC. This suggests that sensor-based feedback irrigation systems can be used for greenhouse crop production when considerations are given to factors such as the magnitude of microclimate variation, crop species and its sensitivity to water stress, and growing substrate.

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Design and Fabrication the Smart Irrigation Technology Using Soil Moisture Sensor System for Vine in Ninh Thuan, Vietnam

IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering ◽

10.1088/1757-899x/991/1/012143 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 991 ◽

pp. 012143

Author(s):

V T T Ho ◽

A N T Hoang ◽

T D Thu ◽

N D Thi

Keyword(s):

Soil Moisture ◽

Sensor System ◽

Moisture Sensor ◽

Soil Moisture Sensor ◽

Irrigation Technology

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PROTOTIPE APLIKASI PENYIRAMAN TANAMAN MENGGUNAKAN SENSOR KELEMBABAN TANAH BERBASIS MICRO CONTOLLER ATMEGA 328

Journal CERITA ◽

10.33050/cerita.v5i1.235 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 97-106

Author(s):

Rudi Budi Agung ◽

Muhammad Nur ◽

Didi Sukayadi

Keyword(s):

Soil Moisture ◽

Growth And Development ◽

Large Scale ◽

Simple Method ◽

Moisture Sensor ◽

Sensor Development ◽

Soil Moisture Sensor ◽

Application Systems ◽

Harvesting Systems ◽

Working Principle

The Indonesian country which is famous for its tropical climate has now experienced a shift in two seasons (dry season and rainy season). This has an impact on cropping and harvesting systems among farmers. In large scale this is very influential considering that farmers in Indonesia are stilldependent on rainfall which results in soil moisture. Some types of plants that are very dependent on soil moisture will greatly require rainfall or water for growth and development. Through this research, researchers tried to make a prototype application for watering plants using ATMEGA328 microcontroller based soil moisture sensor. Development of application systems using the prototype method as a simple method which is the first step and can be developed again for large scale. The working principle of this prototype is simply that when soil moisture reaches a certainthreshold (above 56%) then the system will work by activating the watering system, if it is below 56% the system does not work or in other words soil moisture is considered sufficient for certain plant needs.

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