[EN] The excessive use of chemical fertilizers can lead to severe environmental damages. In recent decades, the application of biostimulants to improve soil composition and stimulate plant growth has contributed significantly ...
[EN] The detection of weeds in lawns is important due to the different negative effects of its presence. Those effects include a lack of uniformity and competition for the resources. If the weeds are detected early the ...
García-García, Laura; Parra, Lorena; Jimenez, Jose M.; Parra-Boronat, Mar; Lloret, Jaime; Mauri, Pedro V.; Lorenz, Pascal(MDPI AG, 2021-03)
[EN] Deploying wireless sensor networks (WSN) in rural environments such as agricultural fields may present some challenges that affect the communication between the nodes due to the vegetation. These challenges must be ...
Basterrechea-Chertudi, Daniel Andoni; Rocher-Morant, Javier; Parra-Boronat, Mar; Parra-Boronat, Lorena; Marín, José F.; Mauri, Pedro V.; Lloret, Jaime(MDPI AG, 2021-09)
[EN] Soil moisture control is crucial to assess irrigation efficiency in green areas and agriculture. In this paper, we propose the design and calibration of a sensor based on inductive coils and electromagnetic fields. ...
García, Laura; Parra-Boronat, Lorena; Jimenez, Jose M.; Lloret, Jaime; Mauri, Pedro V.; Lorenz, Pascal(MDPI AG, 2020-10)
[EN] The increase in the world population has led to new needs for food. Precision Agriculture (PA) is one of the focuses of these policies to optimize the crops and facilitate crop management using technology. Drones have ...
Parra-Boronat, Lorena; Mostaza-Colado, David; Yousfi, Salima; Marin, Jose F.; Mauri, Pedro V.; Lloret, Jaime(MDPI AG, 2021-09)
[EN] The use of drones in agriculture is becoming a valuable tool for crop monitoring. There are some critical moments for crop success; the establishment is one of those. In this paper, we present an initial approximation ...
[EN] The use of precision agriculture and the Internet of Things has improved the efficiency of many cultures. Nevertheless, there are a few low-cost options to monitor soil moisture. Moreover, those options depend on the ...
Parra, Lorena; Mostaza-Colado, David; Marin, Jose F.; Mauri, Pedro V.; Lloret, Jaime(MDPI AG, 2022-02)
[EN] Mixed crops are one of the fundamental pillars of agroecological practices. Row intercropping is one of the mixed cropping options based on the combination of two or more species to reduce their impacts. Nonetheless, ...
Jimenez, Jose M.; Parra-Boronat, Lorena; García, Laura; Lloret, Jaime; Mauri, Pedro V.; Lorenz, Pascal(MDPI AG, 2021-04)
[EN] Water quality may be affected by aspects such as pollution from industries, agricultural fertilizers and pesticides, and waste produced by humans. This contamination can affect the produce of the fields irrigated by ...
Basterrechea-Chertudi, Daniel Andoni; Parra-Boronat, Lorena; Botella-Campos, Marta; Lloret, Jaime; Mauri, Pedro V.(MDPI AG, 2020-11)
[EN] In this paper, we test three prototypes with different characteristics for controlling the quantity of organic fertiliser in the agricultural irrigation system. We use 0.4 mm of copper diameter, distributing in different ...
[EN] Turfgrass phenotyping is a potential tool in different grass program breeding. The traditional methods for turfgrass drought phenotyping in field are time-consuming and labor-intensive. However, remote sensing techniques ...
[EN] Grasslands have a natural capacity to decrease air pollution and a positive impact on human life. However, their maintenance requires adequate irrigation, which is difficult to apply in many regions where drought and ...