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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Smart System for Bicarbonate Control in Irrigation for Hydroponic Precision Farming.

Carlos Cambra, Sandra Sendra, Jaime Lloret, Raquel Lacuesta

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carlos CambraInstituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de zonas Costeras, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46730 Valencia, Spain. carcamb1@doctor.upv.es.
Sandra SendraInstituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de zonas Costeras, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46730 Valencia, Spain. ssendra@ugr.es.ORCID 0000-0001-9556-9088
Jaime LloretInstituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de zonas Costeras, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46730 Valencia, Spain. jlloret@dcom.upv.es.ORCID 0000-0002-0862-0533
Raquel LacuestaDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. raquellacuesta@gmail.com.
Universitat Politècnica de València · ESUniversidad de Granada · ESUniversidad de Zaragoza · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Improving the sustainability in agriculture is nowadays an important challenge. The automation of irrigation processes via low-cost sensors can to spread technological advances in a sector very influenced by economical costs. This article presents an auto-calibrated pH sensor able to detect and adjust the imbalances in the pH levels of the nutrient solution used in hydroponic agriculture. The sensor is composed by a pH probe and a set of micropumps that sequentially pour the different liquid solutions to maintain the sensor calibration and the water samples from the channels that contain the nutrient solution. To implement our architecture, we use an auto-calibrated pH sensor connected to a wireless node. Several nodes compose our wireless sensor networks (WSN) to control our greenhouse. The sensors periodically measure the pH level of each hydroponic support and send the information to a data base (DB) which stores and analyzes the data to warn farmers about the measures. The data can then be accessed through a user-friendly, web-based interface that can be accessed through the Internet by using desktop or mobile devices. This paper also shows the design and test bench for both the auto-calibrated pH sensor and the wireless network to check their correct operation.

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hydroponic agricultureInternet of Things (IoT)potential of hydrogen (pH) sensorprecision agriculturesmart farmingwireless sensor networks (WSNs)

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PMID29693611
PMCPMC5981803
OpenAlexW2802808115

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