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European Territorial Cooperation Programmes (ETCP), GREECE-ITALY 2007-2013
Efficient Irrigation Management Tools for Agricultural Cultivations and Urban Landscapes
IRMA -
Subsidy Contract No: I3.11.06
LP-TEIEP | P2-AEPDE | P3-INEA | P4-ISPA/CNR | P5-ROP | P6-ROEDM
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based on soil moisture
sensors;
2) to test the response of soilless
tomato, in terms of yield,
quality and physiology, to
different
soil
volumetric
moisture levels. Different levels
are used as irrigation set-points
and the levels are maintained
in the growing medium (perlite)
through an irrigation system
based on moisture sensors;
3) to
describe
the
salt
accumulation dynamics into the
substrate with the different
irrigation strategies and with
the different soil moisture
levels.
The experiment is in full progress at
the experimental farm “La Noria” of
CNR ISPA.
The water status in the substrate is
monitored both in terms of volumetric
water content (by EC5 sensor, on the left
side of the slab) and water potential (by
tensiometer, on the right).
Other interesting stuff
Greentech
2014
(The
Netherlands)
The biennial exhibition GreenTech
Amsterdam is the new platform of
international horticulture technology.
No one who is aiming for success can
afford to miss this brand new show in
June.
Show themes are: Water, Energy and
Bio-
based.
Find
more
at:
Pipes and Sprinklers Sculptures
Adam Bateman, created sculptures to
explore the Brigham Young prophecy
that the desert would blossom as a
rose. He explores the use of irrigation
with a sense of modernism.
Art using irrigation equipment
The sculptures are made of farm
irrigation equipment such as sprinkler
heads, pipes and the wheel things that
the sprinklers go on to rotate around a
field.
From BYU Museum of Art website, we
copy: “”Working with irrigation
equipmentThe sprinkler with a
sprinkler I explore my roots, as a pipe-
mover during high school (and now),
and as a descendent of Mormon
Pioneers who built the first modern
irrigation system in North America
when they arrived in Utah. The
Mormons
sought
transcendence
through irrigation—they saw God’s
power in making the desert “blossom
as the rose.”