Automatic and Non-Invasive Monitoring of Vineyards Water Stress

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Abstract

In this study, a non-invasive system is proposed for monitoring the health of vine plants by measuring their water stress, with the goal of mitigating frequent extreme meteorological events such as droughts. The envisioned system measures the spatial distribution of the Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI) on the crop field and provides the farmers with precise control over their vine’s health and, therefore, on the final quality of their product. To ensure the accurate acquisition of the parameters needed to compute the CWSI, data are collected by field sensors on the ground and by exploiting satellite data. Data fusion then allows us to obtain an associated georeferenced heatmap of the vineyard. The solution has been tested via a prototype, which allowed the collection of information in a vineyard.

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Brach del Prever, Pietro, Giacomo Balducci, Andrea Ballestra, Chiara Ghiglione, Luca Mascheretti, Matteo Molinari, Giulio Nicoletti, Vittorio Carvelli, Chiara Corbari, Stefano Invernizzi, et al. 2023. “Automatic and Non-Invasive Monitoring of Vineyards Water Stress.” Environmental Science Proceedings 5.

@article{brach2023automatic,
  author       = {Brach del Prever, Pietro and Balducci, Giacomo and Ballestra, Andrea and Ghiglione, Chiara and Mascheretti, Luca and Molinari, Matteo and Nicoletti, Giulio and Carvelli, Vittorio and Corbari, Chiara and Invernizzi, Stefano and others},
  title        = {{Automatic and Non-Invasive Monitoring of Vineyards Water Stress}},
  journaltitle = {Environmental Science Proceedings},
  year         = {2023},
  volume       = {5},
  url          = {https://sciforum.net/manuscripts/14164/manuscript.pdf}
}