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Sistema de monitoreo y control semiautomático para la implementación de un huerto urbano comunitario mediante la técnica de organopónia

Eduardo Vergara Pérez, Alfredo Viuda López, Israel Acuña Galván

Boletín Científico INVESTIGIUM de la Escuela Superior de Tizayuca

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This study developed a semi-automatic monitoring and control system for a 4.5 m² community garden in an urban area of Mexico, using a mid-range embedded system to control physical growing variables and communicating wirelessly with a server for highly portable data storage, querying and control via a web page, applied to the organopónico (organic-substrate intensive) cultivation technique. The system proved functional for legume and solanaceous crop species, yielding produce within a time frame comparable to commercial growing methods.