Monitoring and Control System for Seed Germination Using Internet of Things

Abstract

This article presents an architecture of a reduced-size greenhouse, so-called mini-greenhouse monitored via Internet of Things (IoT). For this purpose, a prototype has been built with support of a computational system installed in its interior. So, sensors are used for monitoring and control of the variables that most influence in the development of a vegetal species. This text gives a brief description of the germination factors related on the various possibilities of its use. The proposed system has a cloud-based storage and the effective contributions of the computer system are started from the web platform, transfer the set-points to the controllers, and upload data read from sensors to the same web page.

Smart Internet of Things Modular Micro Grow Room Architecture

“…All of the articles were not relevant and after title, keywords and abstract screening, fifteen most relevant articles were selected for further review. Out of the fifteen articles, seven of them focused specifically on IoT in grow rooms [9,12,[14][15][16][17]. The overview of the selected articles can be seen in Table I.…”

“…Cruz et al [9] describe the architecture of a mini-greenhouse monitored via IoT. Sensors are used for monitoring and control of the variables that most influence the plant development (temperature, humidity, luminosity and soil moisture).…”

“…Application of IoT in agriculture allows monitoring and control of the entire process by using different sensing, mobile, big data and other technologies. IoT offers numerous benefits for agriculture such as optimisation, control and automation of processes which were previously done manually [9]. IoT monitoring systems in agriculture improve the food quality but also productivity and safety aspects [10].…”