Brawijaya University udvikler IoT-baseret system til melondyrkning

Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Oct 23, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Brawijaya University (UB) has developed an internet of things (IoT)-based system for melon cultivation, currently being implemented at the Agro Techno Park in Malang, East Java. Eka Maulana, a lecturer from the university’s Faculty of Engineering, said the “drip irrigation system” is based on the water content in the planting medium.

Melonhaven i Agro Techno Park i Malang, East Java. Haven er udviklet af et team fra Brawijaya University ved hjælp af det moderne IoT-landbrugssystem. (ANTARA/HO-Brawijaya Universitet)

“Logically when the soil is dry, the ‘drip irrigation system’ is active. How much water content is in the medium when the drip system is active, as well as data and information related to the mechanism, are sent via an IoT connection. In principle, water has been applied with additional nutrients,” Eka explained to visitors on Friday.

Drypvandingssystemet kan ikke kun bruges til vanding, sagde Eka, men også til at bestemme ernæringsbehov, belysning, temperatur og luftfugtighed i blandt andet melonhavens drivhus.

“In the process, the ‘drip irrigation system’ works according to the nutritional needs of each plant. So it is not just how much it irrigates the plants, but according to the age of the plants. Control of this system is monitored in terms of time and data variables that have been recorded before,” Eka explained.

Suyadi, leder af landbrug og udvikling i Agro Techno Park, sagde, at processen med at levere næringsstoffer til planter med jævne mellemrum gennem vandstrømmen til medierne er baseret på planternes behov.

“In a day, it can be done 5 to 10 times, so with this technology, we do not need to manually provide nutrients. It can be left to do other work, because it will automatically turn on the ‘drip irrigation system’ and flow nutrients to the planting media according to the needs of the plant,” he noted.

Suyadi pointed out that the use of IoT has made work easier because the machine turns on automatically whenever the planting media needs nutrients. “So that there is no shortage of nutrients. Because if we are doing it manually, then we still use our instincts when plants need nutrients,” he said.

The application of the drip irrigation system, he said, has turned out to give maximum results to melon plants. “The fruit yields can be better and ideal because the availability of nutrients is stable. If the nutrition is not stable, then the development of melons is not optimal; the fruit can break or the sweetness level will be low,” he noted.

Melons that are cultivated using the ‘drip irrigation system’ are of premium quality, starting from the taste, netted skin that is neatly arranged, and the ideal weight compared to conventional melons, he said. “The market is exclusive, so the taste is definitely different from what is sold in the conventional market. In Jatikerto (Malang), there are several varieties of melon including rock, golden, and honey,” Suyadi added.

He explained that the technology-based agricultural cultivation process in Jatikerto is also being used as a laboratory for students majoring in electrical engineering. “If melon plants are cultivated using a hydroponic system, then what the student does is aeroponic cultivation of vegetables,” he said.

In addition to nutrients that are more easily absorbed, planting with the aeroponic method also leads to faster growth because it uses LED lighting that is more constant than sunlight, he explained. “We can use LED light to trigger the generative phase and the vegetative phase in plants, resulting in increased nutrition, faster growth, and obtaining the desired leaf texture and taste,” he said.

Et af teammedlemmerne, som også er elektroingeniørstuderende, Muhammad Romadhani Prabowo sagde, at med drypvandingssystemet vil planter blive beskyttet mod skadedyr eller svampe. Grøntsager vil være sikrere at spise, da de ikke engang behøver at blive vasket, sagde han. Kvaliteten af ​​høsten vil også være mere holdbar end i hydroponiske planter, tilføjede han.

The concept of aeroponics is currently applied to hydroponic plants, such as lettuce, mustard greens, bok choy (type of Chinese cabbage), basil, and spinach, he said. “Currently, we are also exploring (the drip irrigation system to be implemented for) herbal plants for treatment or plants with high economic value, such as mint and lemon balm,” Prabowo said.

I mellemtiden er udviklingen af ​​IoT-baseret melondyrkning opstået fra ledelsen af ​​gartnerilandbrug i Indonesien, som stadig for det meste udføres konventionelt og med minimal brug af teknologi, sagde han. Dette har haft en indvirkning på ustabiliteten i afgrødeproduktiviteten, tilføjede han.

Besøg Brawijaya University kl https://ub.ac.id/ og Agro Techno Park kl http://atp.ub.ac.id/.

Af A. Malik Ibrahim, Yashinta Dif
Redaktør: Suharto
Copyright (c) Antara 2021

Emne: Pressemeddelelsesoversigt
Kilde: Agro Techno Park, Brawijaya Universitet
Sektorer: Vand, Agritech, Miljø
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