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Irrigation and Soil Monitoring: Practices and Equipment
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Irrigation and Soil Monitoring: Practices and Equipment

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Science and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2023) | Viewed by 1263

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Abdulrasoul Al-Omran

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Guest Editor
Soil Sciences Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Interests: irrigation water conservation; crop water requirements; irrigation water quality; improving soil physical properties

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Applied Sciences is an English language, peer-reviewed scholarly journal which publishes research articles and critical reviews from every area of the Applied Sciences. The topic of this Issue is Irrigation and Soil Monitoring: Practices and Equipment. The scope of the Special Issue covers the following:

  • modernization of irrigation systems (policy–technology–performance)
  • smart agriculture (sensor-based irrigation)
  • precision agriculture systems
  • deficit irrigation and smart irrigation
  • irrigation scheduling
  • treated wastewater irrigation techniques
  • irrigation in salt-affected soil
  • soil moisture sensors
  • calibration of soil moisture sensors
  • monitoring systems
  • irrigation water quality
  • soil amendments (biochar)
  • and engineered soil substrates

I cordially invite you to submit your original research articles to Applied Sciences for publication. Before submitting your article, please review the journal's Instructions for Authors.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Prof. Dr. Abdulrasoul Al-Omran
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Applied Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • irrigation systems
  • precision agriculture
  • smart irrigation
  • soil amendments
  • soil moisture sensors
  • calibration of soil moisture sensors
  • irrigation water quality
  • irrigation scheduling
  • treated sewage water

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HydroLab: A Module for the Investigation of Fertigation Strategies in Hydroponics
by Luis Humberto Guerrero and Giacomo Barbieri
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(15), 8867; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13158867 - 01 Aug 2023
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In recent times, hydroponics has gained popularity as a viable solution to the challenges facing traditional agriculture, as it offers an environmentally friendly option with higher crop yields and improved quality, eliminating the need for soil. Despite these benefits, hydroponics still encounters significant [...] Read more.
In recent times, hydroponics has gained popularity as a viable solution to the challenges facing traditional agriculture, as it offers an environmentally friendly option with higher crop yields and improved quality, eliminating the need for soil. Despite these benefits, hydroponics still encounters significant difficulties, particularly in optimizing fertigation strategies. The literature contains several studies focusing on test benches for investigating technological recommendations related to fertigation strategies. However, there has been no proposed test bench capable of simultaneously exploring various types of fertigation strategies. In this work, HydroLab is introduced: a hydroponic module that allows for the simultaneous comparison of two types of fertigation strategies and enables remote monitoring and control through IoT functionality. Additionally, HydroLab’s potential to generate technological recommendations has been validated through a case study comparing time-based and solar radiation-based fertigation in lettuce cultivation. The case study successfully showcases the capability of HydroLab to investigate and compare different fertigation strategies. Given the global importance of food security challenges, this work is expected to contribute to the investigation of fertigation strategies in hydroponics. Full article
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