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Evaluating High Bandwidth Satellite Communications for Data Intensive Agriculture

Data-driven agriculture promises to transform agriculture, but reliable and affordable data transfer from the field remains a bottleneck. Emerging sensing technologies including drone images can help

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Detection of foodborne pathogens in irrigation water using a biosensor

Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes are pathogens frequently involved in foodborne outbreaks and have been isolated from irrigation water. For conventional pathoge

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Development of an Automated Weeding Machine for Precision In-Row Weed Control

Automated/robotic weeding machines are commercially available; however, their adoption has been limited because the machines 1) provide only partial weed control and follow up hand weeding is necessar

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Tools for evaluating soil health products used in Yuma agriculture

Proper soil health is vital for productive agriculture. When soil health is ignored we quickly see salt build up, carbon depletion, mycorrhizal imbalances, erosion, and pH imbalances, which in turn re

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High-throughput phenotyping of drought-stress and Fusarium wilt in lettuce using UAV-based thermography

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) production in Arizona is one of the most valuable agricultural industries within the state as demonstrated by the fact that Arizona provides over 90% of the nation’s winter

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Soil, Water, and Iceberg Lettuce Responses to a Sesbania Cover Crop at Field-Scale

Using a rigorous statistical approach, the project team will quantify changes in soil health and iceberg lettuce performance and production with and without a Sesbania cover crop. To assess effects of

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Deployment of Eddy Covariance System to Quantify Actual Crop Evapotranspiration of Summer Cover Crop Sesbania and Subsequent Crops under Desert Conditions at Yuma Agricultural Center

Cover crops such as Sesbania (Sesbania punicea) are adopted for their benefits in nitrogen fixation, soil organic matter enhancement, and weed suppression. However, empirical data quantifying the actu

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Durum wheat variety testing under high and low input cultivation

Durum wheat is an important crop for Arizona agriculture, but its cultivation relies on abundant irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer. Future climatic scenarios require a shift to agricultural systems b