Wireless information system for frost detection in orchards

Abstract

Electronic devices have been increasingly used in agriculture in the last years. Electronic sensor devices are particularly interesting since they enable measurement of parameters which have a major impact on agricultural production. The use of electronic devices additionally came to the fore with the development of wireless communication that allows gathering timely information about the status of important parameters for vegetables and fruit crops. Frost occurrence poses a high risk to orchards especially in the flowering stage since low temperature can destroy flowers and therefore the overall yield of fruit. This paper presents a system for frost detection in orchards and creation of a database with parameter values significant for system users. The system is based on wireless sensor devices which use the GPRS network to send collected data to a WEB server where they are stored for further analysis. Also, a WEB application was created to enable data distribution to users.