Sensor-controlled fertigation management for higher yield and quality in greenhouse hydroponic strawberries
George Kerrigan Hutchinson, Lan Xuan Nguyen, Zilfina Rubio Ames, Krishna Nemali, Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi · 2025
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Description
Five authors present a study published in two thousand twenty-four on watering greenhouse strawberries by sensor rather than schedule. Hydroponic strawberries grow in an inert medium fed with nutrient solution. Most growers water on a rigid timetable, not by the plants' changing needs.
Soil moisture sensors paired with automatic controllers can water only when the medium dries past a set point. That approach worked for ornamental crops and citrus nurseries but was untested for strawberries. The study compares fertigation strategies head to head, weighing yield and quality against water and nutrient use, to find the best management route.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | George Kerrigan Hutchinson, Lan Xuan Nguyen, Zilfina Rubio Ames, Krishna Nemali, Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |