For two growing seasons, Ovid Napa Valley, a vineyard in St. Helena, Calif., has been using a wireless sensor network to grow grapes it hopes will one day yield more delicious wines than ever before.

Every July, Smart Irrigation Month celebrates the benefits of efficient irrigation products, highlighting their positive economic and environmental impacts. One major component of gardening is ...

The intelligence of the automatic irrigation system arises from the synergy of multi-layered technologies. A sensor network continuously monitors soil moisture, temperature, light, and meteorological ...

COLLEGE PARK, MD--Wireless sensor-based irrigation systems can offer significant benefits to greenhouse operators. Advances in sensor technology and increased understanding of plant physiology have ...

Over the course of a summer as hot and dry as this one, without intervention, New Hampshire’s apple crop might drop right off their branches before eager apple pickers could reach them. But as summer ...

Scientists of the Indira Gandhi Agriculture University (IGKV) have developed a smart sensor-based automated drip irrigation system. The system works automatically when the soil-humidity decreases, ...

NEW HAVEN/STORRS, CT - As supplies of high-quality irrigation water become more limited, horticultural production operations are looking for alternative systems that can reduce water needs while ...

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison explains the fundamentals of designing a gravity irrigation system, including key principles and considerations for effective implementation. The video ...