WSN to monitor olive plants
Siemens and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia, started a cooperation on the scientific research project of implementing WSNs in olive growing. The project is called MasliNET. The olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) is currently being caught manually using “yellow board” baits and counted manually in the cycles of several-days. The MasliNET pilot project includes the use of wireless sensory nodes located on olive trees together with sticky baits, i.e. traps. The wireless sensor network would make the process automatic, reducing the human effort and field work, and providing for a geographical distribution and spreading of pest, as well as analysis of pest occurrence in the area.
More info on the project’s website.
