An innovation method for compact Nitrogen Deficiency Plant Monitoring System for Farmers at a Cost Efficiency Manner

  Lavanya C K,  Haripriya Dharshini.S,  Raja S

It is found that lack of necessary nutrients will influence on plant growth and fruit production. Without sufficient amounts of nitrogen in the soil, plants are impotent to produce proteins and nucleic acid required for their growth and survival. Therefore, nutrient monitoring, atmosphere and pest control are the key factors for farmers and agriculturalists. The chlorophyll meter detects the nitrogen content of plant using absorption and reflection technique. This meter is expensive and beyond the reach of farmer. Hence a low cost alternative which is as accurate as spad meter is proposed. The proposed non destructive method uses the reflection technique, which senses the leaf transmittance and compares it with leaf colour histogram provided by the agricultural university. Sensor data are further processed to control the status of the nitrogen content in the plant. From the nitrogen status, the quantum of nitrogen fertilizer required will be displayed for the guidance of the farmers.

Keywords- Agriculture field study, farmers, spad meter, histogram, sensors

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1704059
Page Number(s) - 372-376
Pubished in - Volume 5 | Issue 4 | November 2017
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Lavanya C K,  Haripriya Dharshini.S,  Raja S,   "An innovation method for compact Nitrogen Deficiency Plant Monitoring System for Farmers at a Cost Efficiency Manner", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.5, Issue 4, pp.372-376, November 2017, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1704059.pdf