Horticultural Performance of Greenhouse Cherry Tomatoes Irrigated Automatically Based on Soil Moisture Sensor Readings

Precision irrigation is essential to improve water use efficiency (WUE), defined as the amount of biomass produced per unit used by plants. Our objective evaluate effect different soil volumetric content (VWC) in plant growth, fruit yield, quality, and WUE cherry tomatoes grown a greenhouse. We tested four VWC thresholds (0.23, 0.30, 0.37, 0.44 m3 m−3) trigger drip system two tomato cultivars (‘Sweet Heaven’ ‘Mascot F1’). The experiment was arranged split-plot design with replications. capacitance sensors connected an open-source, low-cost platform monitor control real-time based on demand. Plants were watered every time dropped below set thresholds. treatment m−3 resulted highest 102.10% higher when compared 0.23 both cultivars. Fruit quality traits such longitudinal equatorial diameter increased asymptotically content. In contrast, treatments deficit soluble solids 15.73% These results strongly suggest that accurate modulate yield attributes