I-Corps: Internet of Things (IoT)-based Irrigation Sensor Monitoring System

I-Corps：基于物联网 (IoT) 的灌溉传感器监控系统

• 批准号: 2232410
• 负责人: Younsuk Dong
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2232410&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Internet; Things; IoT; based

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the potential development of an irrigation management technology. Irrigated farms comprise only 6% of the U.S. total land under cultivation but irrigated farm product sales make up 39% of total U.S. farm sales, worth over $152 billion in 2016. Irrigation can reduce the effects of erratic precipitation, prolonged dryness, and resulting plant moisture stress. Because of this benefit, irrigation has been used to grow a wide variety of crops such as corn, soybean, vegetables, forage, orchards, cotton, wheat, sorghum, rice, and oats. Many areas in the U.S. experience droughts, more erratic precipitation, and concerns with food security. This proposed project could help farmers make better water and disease management decisions to maximize their crop production and quality. This I-Corps project is based on the development of an IoT (Internet of Things)-based irrigation management package (hardware and software (website and smartphone app)). The proposed technology continuously measures soil moisture levels, leaf wetness duration, temperature, and humidity. The data is sent to an IoT cloud webserver using an embedded cellular modem. This allows farmers to access the data anywhere using their computers or smartphone. The collected sensor data is processed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to determine irrigation timing and amount, as well as fungicide spray timing. There is growing interest in improving irrigation water use efficiency and disease management by potato farmers. Potatoes benefit from irrigation management because of the significant effect of irrigation on both yield and quality including yield loss, misshapen tubers, vascular necrosis, or hollow heart defects. Improper irrigation schedules or unnecessary irrigation can waste resources and can possibly increase the potential risk of plant diseases which can reduce yield and quality of product, including during storage, which negatively affects the sustainability and economics of production. Proper water management is critical to minimize the potential disease risk in potato production and to potentially improve potato quality and yield.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是灌溉管理技术的潜在发展。 灌溉农场只占美国总耕种土地的6％，但灌溉农产品的销售额占美国农场总销售额的39％，2016年价值超过1520亿美元。灌溉可以减少不稳定的降水，长期干燥和导致植物水分压力的影响。由于这种好处，灌溉已被用来种植各种农作物，例如玉米，大豆，蔬菜，草料，果园，棉花，小麦，高粱，大米和燕麦。美国的许多地区都经历了干旱，更不稳定的降水以及对粮食安全的担忧。这个拟议的项目可以帮助农民做出更好的水和疾病管理决策，以最大程度地提高其作物的生产和质量。这个I-Corps项目基于基于物联网（物联网）的灌溉管理包（硬件和软件（网站和智能手机应用））的开发。提出的技术连续测量土壤水分水平，叶片湿度持续时间，温度和湿度。数据使用嵌入式蜂窝调制解调器发送到IoT Cloud Web服务器。这使农民可以使用计算机或智能手机在任何地方访问数据。收集的传感器数据是使用人工智能（AI）处理的，以确定灌溉时间和量以及杀菌剂喷雾时机。马铃薯农民对改善灌溉用水效率和疾病管理的兴趣日益加剧。土豆受益于灌溉管理，因为灌溉对产量和质量的显着影响，包括产量损失，畸形块茎，血管坏死或空心心脏缺陷。灌溉时间表不当或不必要的灌溉可能会浪费资源，并可能增加植物疾病的潜在风险，这些风险可以降低产品的产量和质量，包括在存储期间，对生产的可持续性和经济产生负面影响。 适当的水管理对于最大程度地减少了马铃薯生产中潜在的疾病风险并有可能提高马铃薯质量和产量至关重要。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响来通过评估来支持的。