SITE-SPECIFIC PIVOT SPRINKLER ASSESSED FOR SAVING WATER IN AGRICULTURE

DEPIVOT, a software tool for improved water use with center-pivot sprinkler systems

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Distribution comparison for site-specific regression modeling in agriculture

A novel method for problem decomposition and for local model selection in a multi-model prediction system is proposed. The proposed method partitions the data into disjoint subsets obtained by the local regression modeling and then it learns the distributions on these sets in order to identify the most appropriate regression model for each test point. The system is applied to a sitespecific agr...

Mechanisms underlying plant resilience to water deficits: prospects for water-saving agriculture.

Drought is one of the greatest limitations to crop expansion outside the present-day agricultural areas. It will become increasingly important in regions of the globe where, in the past, the problem was negligible, due to the recognized changes in global climate. Today the concern is with improving cultural practices and crop genotypes for drought-prone areas; therefore, understanding the mecha...

Systemic Signaling Under Water Deficit Condition and Its Exploitation in Water Saving Agriculture

Adoption of Water-Saving Infrastructure in Agriculture: The Case of Laser Levelers

Water saving agricultural technologies are a potentially important but under utilized lever to conserve groundwater in India. Technologies like laser levelers have high private returns and lead to water savings, yet the adoption rates are not very high. In order to provide insight for the design of policies to promote adoption, we conducted a survey based study about factors that influence the ...