Abstract: Automating the agricultural system is very useful for farmers as it would increase the productivity. If installed and programmed properly, automatic agricultural systems can save us money and help in water conservation. The main focus is to automate the agricultural practises for welfare of farmers and also to provide efficient irrigation in particular area. Our project involves the application of a semiautomatic rover for soil nutrition management as well as plant health management. This system involves the spraying of the fertilizers on a specific crop as per the pre-coded value. This potentially reduces the risk of depletion of nutrients of soil due to usage of fertilizers than required. It also involves of keeping a check on the plant health through continuous monitoring using a CCTV camera installed in the field with the simultaneous monitoring at a centre .This system employs the usage of image processing technique for identification of leaf colour and pattern. The system compares the colour and pattern with a pre stored image and indicates if a plant is healthy or not .This system also involves an efficient water drain management system by the usage of soil moisture sensors to effectively drain excess water from the field. Another feature of this proposed system is automating the irrigation process by employing automatic control of valve. This involves opening and closing of valve after the required amount of water has been discharged.
Keywords: CCTV, image processing, irrigation, semiautomatic rover, soil moisture sensors.
Title: Smart Nutrition Management Using Semi-Automatic Rover
Author: Krupa Shankar Subramani, PG Sandeep Menon
International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Research
ISSN 2348-6988 (online)
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