Drought management for the health and longevity of perennial horticulture plants
Lead organisation: SA Drought Hub
Hub members and partners involved: Southern NSW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub, Victoria Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub, Tasmanian Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub, University of Adelaide, Wine Australia, Duxton, Green Brain, Ag Excellence Alliance, Plant and Food Australia, Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA
Node: Loxton
Focus area: Water security and management
Project Category: Cross-hub Projects
Project summary:
It is well known that a tree’s canopy size is strongly linked to irrigation requirements of a crop. This project is delivering a vineyard and orchard monitoring system to help growers manage irrigation and plan other management activities to achieve the best outputs with the available water resources. The tool will integrate canopy measurements and soil moisture data for accurate irrigation modelling.