Improving Irrigation Effectiveness: Developing and Applying an Evapotranspiration Detector for Precision Agriculture

In the farming lands of agriculture, water is lost due to evaporation and transpiration. The evaporation and transpiration rate varies day by day according to the climatic conditions of the area. Both overwatering and underwatering are the primary factors influencing a plant's ability to grow. To find the accurate irrigation level we need to identify the loss of water due to evaporation and transpiration. To identify this loss we planned to design the evapotranspiration detector. This detector is used to find the moisture content in soil and plants. Through this, monitoring the amount of water to be irrigated can be determined. This could help in protecting the agricultural land from water logging and irrigation management. This paper describes the working and construction of an evapotranspiration detector.