How to ensure water supply to natural plants? The contribution of sensor technology

Abstract

Plants contribute to increase our green space and to produce natural compounds and substances to be applied to many fields of human activity, from foods to pharmaceuticals, from cosmetics to environment. Sensor technology can contribute to ensure living conditions to plants starting from the monitoring of water mobility within soil. A sensor based on a gypsum crystal is here proposed and validated to check mobility of water in different kinds of soil.

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Keywords:

• Soil
• water economy
• sensor
• gypsum

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