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WSN prototype for African oil palm bud rot monitoring

  • Miguel Piamonte
  • , Monica Huerta
  • , Roger Clotet
  • , John Padilla
  • , Tito Vargas
  • , David Rivas

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedingConference and proceedingspeer-review

    8 Scopus citations

    Abstract

    The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is the most productive oleaginous on the planet. The world’s largest producers of oil palm are located in Asia, Colombia is the fourth largest producer in the world and the first in America. In recent years, the sowing of oil palm has taken a great importance in food industry and biofuel production. Bud rot is among the factors that are most affecting this type of crop, generating to palm farmers large economic losses and the country’s social problems due to unemployment. Early detection of abiotic factors that may trigger bud rot is one of the strategies that would allow palm farmers to minimize the impact on the crops. In this research, a WSN was developed to acquire, process and transmit in real time to a server acquired data as: pH, humidity, temperature and luminosity.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAdvances in Information and Communication Technologies for Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change - Proceedings of the International Conference of ICT for Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change, AACC 2017
    EditorsJose Antonio Iglesias, Plamen Angelov, Juan Carlos Corrales
    PublisherSpringer Verlag
    Pages170-181
    Number of pages12
    ISBN (Print)9783319701868
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2018
    EventInternational Conference of ICT for Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change, AACC 2017 - Popayan, Colombia
    Duration: 22 Nov 201724 Nov 2017

    Publication series

    NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
    Volume687
    ISSN (Print)2194-5357

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference of ICT for Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change, AACC 2017
    Country/TerritoryColombia
    CityPopayan
    Period22/11/1724/11/17

    Bibliographical note

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2018, Springer International Publishing AG.

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
      SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

    Keywords

    • Bud rot
    • Oil palm
    • WSN

    Types Minciencias

    • Scientific events with a public engagement component

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