A Critical Review of Innovations and Perspectives for Providing Adequate Water for Sustainable Irrigation

A Abou-Shady, MS Siddique, W Yu - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Global climatic change intensifies the water crisis, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions.
In this regard, the provision of enough water for irrigation is a serious dilemma because the …

[HTML][HTML] Microcontrollers programming for control and automation in undergraduate biotechnology engineering education

MA Márquez-Vera, M Martínez-Quezada… - Digital Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents the utilization of the ESP32 microcontroller as a teaching tool for signal
acquisition, processing, and control theory in biotechnological engineering. The ESP32 …

An innovative prototype to measure carbon dioxide, ethylene, and nitric and nitrous oxides in the soil air

R Kormann, CA Paixão, M Hungria… - … in Soil Science and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Agricultural intensification has increased the consumption of inputs, mainly fertilizers, which
may increase emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). The improvement of our knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] Selection of end gun and optimization of water distribution under a center pivot irrigation system

X Hui, H Zhang, Y Zheng, J Wang, Y Wang… - Agricultural Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
When a center pivot irrigation system is adopted in a square field, its four corners cannot be
irrigated. Therefore, an end gun is often installed at the end of the system to expand the …

[HTML][HTML] An engineering approach to support user-led innovation in improving the performance of artisanal irrigation pivots in the Algerian Sahara

AO Rebai, T Hartani, M Kuper, B Molle… - Agricultural Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Large-scale center pivots have been imported into Algeria since the 1980s to promote
cereal production in the Sahara, but these pivots did not match either user needs or …

Economic viability of ultrasonic sensor actuated nozzle height control in center pivot irrigation systems

HA Al-Agele, DM Mahapatra, L Nackley, C Higgins - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The coverage of center pivot irrigation systems used around the world has increased. One
potential factor driving their adoption is improved water application efficiency relative to …

Hydraulic Conductivity of The Hemp Stems Under Water Stress

M Yuksel, HA Al-agele, L Nackley, CW Higgins - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The hydraulic conductivity of hemp stems under water-stress conditions was investigated to
assess the impact on water transport from the root to the leaves. Water-stress conditions …

Design and Locomotion Study of Two-DOF Actuator Driven by Piezoelectric–Electromagnetic Hybrid Mode

Z Li, Z Su, H Wang, S Du, H Sun - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
A piezoelectric actuator (PEA) has the characteristics of high control precision and no
electromagnetic interference. To improve the degree of freedom (DOF) to adapt to more …

Low-cost ultrasonic sensors for in-field experimentation data collection

FL Theodoro, AC Sanches, TAC Cruz… - Ciência e …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Surface runoff monitoring is important for the sustainable management of global water
resources. Obtaining a practical and inexpensive method for collecting data in the field can …

Influence of Micro-Furrow Depth and Bottom Width on Surface Water Flow and Irrigation Performance in the North China Plain

S Zai, X Feng, D Wang, Y Zhang, F Wu - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Improving traditional surface irrigation technology and vigorously promoting water-saving
surface irrigation are important ways to improve the efficiency of water resource utilization. In …