iGUESSmed
Innovative Greenhouse Support System in the Mediterranean Region efficient fertigation and pest management through IoT based climate control
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iGUESSmed supports the transition toward innovative, sustainable and competitive Mediterranean horticultural greenhouses by developing, validating and transferring a pioneering Decision Support System (DSS) for the MED greenhouses, which is able to:
- Reduce nutrient leakage into sub-surface and groundwaters by optimizing the fertigation management (both irrigation and fertilization) under low quality water conditions;
- Reduce the usage Of chemicals thanks to a sustainable and integrated pests and diseases control;
- Increase the productivity thanks to an improved and cost-effective efficiency of climatic control procedures, introducing specific low-cost solutions to apply to pre-existent greenhouse structures
The project is carried out on tomato as reference crop, in soil and soilless culture in low-tech greenhouses typical of the Mediterranean region, by applying participatory and integrated interdisciplinary toolkit of novel and emerging technologies such as sensor technology, IoT, advanced agronomic management, simulation models and self-calibrating mathematical algorithms.