Efficient Smart Water Management Techniques to Enhance Crop Productivity for Maize

Prema, P. and Veeramani, A. and Kannan, J. and Kumar, T. Sampath and Sivasankari, B. and Rani, P. Jona Innisai and Amutha, S. (2024) Efficient Smart Water Management Techniques to Enhance Crop Productivity for Maize. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 36 (6). pp. 266-271. ISSN 2320-7035

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Abstract

Maize is identified as the “Queen of Cereals” owing to its high yield. Water scarcity is a major problem, where agriculture consumes significant freshwater. Smart Irrigation with Internet of Things technology can help farmers to maximize crop production with less water. The field experiment on sensor-based drip Irrigation and farmer practice was conducted in the research field to enhance growth, yield, and water efficiency. The experiment comprised eight treatments such as T1: IoT based Drip Irrigation at 60% depletion level, T2: IoT based Drip Irrigation at 80% depletion level, T3: Drip Irrigation at 60% PE, T4: Drip Irrigation at 80% PE, T5: Drip irrigation as Normal Practice, T6: Surface Irrigation at 60% IW/CPE ratio, T7: Surface Irrigation at 80% IW/ CPE ratio and T8: Flood irrigation as Farmer’s Practice. The proposed systems-based Drip irrigation at a 60% depletion level can be recommended for hybrid maize to augment higher grain and straw yield. The highest water saving was recorded in IoT-based Drip Irrigation at a 60% depletion level(46.88%) followed by IoT-based Drip Irrigation at an 80% depletion level(40.63%).

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Eurolib Press > Agricultural and Food Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 03 May 2024 06:02
Last Modified: 03 May 2024 06:02
URI: http://info.submit4journal.com/id/eprint/3604

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