CIMS: an integrated real-time computer system for citrus microirrigation management
1997
Xin, J. | Zazueta, F.S. | Smajstrla, A.G. | Wheaton, T.A. | Jones, J.W. | Jones, P.H. | Dankel, D.D. II.
Water management practices involve complex decisions and daily operations that are affected by water and nutrient requirements of the crop, temporal distribution of rainfall, and weather conditions. The Citrus Irrigation Management System (CIMS) was developed to assist citrus microirrigation, cold protection, and fertigation management. The system integrates an expert system, conventional control, a crop water requirement simulation model, databases, and irrigation management tools into a single system to assist the decision-making by irrigation managers. The system can be used as an irrigation management tool to automate an irrigation system. Soil moisture sensors and an automated weather station were installed in the field to collect real-time field data for inputs to the system. Both laboratory and field tests showed that the integrated system worked as a management tool for irrigation, fertigation, and cold protection. The system is highly automated and has the potential to improve microirrigation management, to achieve water and energy savings, and to prevent water pollution due to improper fertigation management.
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