Technological development platform for precision irrigation of perennial crops

• Grant number: 05/00555-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Technical Training Program - Technical Training
• Start date: December 01, 2005
• End date: November 30, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agricultural Engineering
• Principal Investigator: André Torre Neto
• Grantee: Fernanda Kalil Corrêa Lima Dias
• Associated research grant: 03/07998-5 - Technological development platform for precision irrigation of perennial crops, AP.PIPE

Abstract

Development of an installation kit for a variable-rate irrigation system in perennial crops. It consists in a software for a PDA (Palm computer) developed in the SuperWaba programming language that will help locating the installation points and setting up a wireless sensor in the field. It is also part of the system a software module to syncronize the PDA and a PC data base.