Monitoring Root and Shoot Characteristics for the Sustainable Growth of Barley Using an IoT-Enabled Hydroponic System and AquaCrop Simulator

Vertical farming methods are gaining importance in the current era of urbanization and industrialization 5.0. These enhance sustainability by consuming less space reducing carbon emissions greenhouse gas emissions. The Green Internet Things (G-IoT) offers greater environmental switching to a dormant mode while not use, thereby energy. Each method has different effect on shoot root growth plants. Thus, dedicated must be identified for each crop according type under consideration. This leads need compare analyze as well trends crops cultivation mediums, using methods, identifying most suitable crop. A comparative analysis barley green IoT-embedded hydroponics substrate shown that exhibits two times more than cultivation. Furthermore, results were verified against obtained from simulator, which confirmed hydroponic produced year-round qualitative product with 17.112 tons biomass 8.556 dry yield.