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Vol. 13 No. sp5 (2026): Recent Advances in Agriculture

Improvement in tomato productivity through a novel wireless based automated drip irrigation system design

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.12967
Submitted
27 November 2025
Published
10-07-2026

Abstract

The present study was conducted to design, develop and evaluate a wireless-based automated drip irrigation system for improving the productivity of tomato crop. Various independent and dependent parameters were considered in design of automated drip irrigation system. The field trial included soil analysis, experimental layout, evaluation of drip system and crop under different irrigation treatments. The highest yield was recorded in wireless irrigation system with treated fruit processing wastewater during both the years of study. In wireless irrigation system, crop irrigated with pressure compensating dripper (PC) has an average yield of 377.97 q ha-¹which is higher as compared to non-pressure compensating dripper (NPC) (364.65 q ha-1). Under the treatments involving the use of fruit processing wastewater in the tomato crop, the percentage of protein, moisture content, carbohydrates, lycopene and sugar increased as compared to those under groundwater irrigation. Treatments comprising of fruit processing wastewater recorded higher dry matter accumulation (6.67 %) and more amounts of lycopene (4.50 mg/100 g) as compared to ground water treated plots. The study revealed that the automated drip irrigation system is an efficient irrigation approach, as it reduces water, labour, energy, time and fertiliser use.

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