Irrigation scheduling using biologically-based optimal temperature and continuous monitoring of canopy temperature.

摘要

BIOTIC (Biologically Identified Optimal Temperature Interactive Console) is an irrigation scheduling protocol that has been developed over the course of the last 10 years by researchers at the USDA/ARS in Lubbock, Texas. The BIOTIC system uses a species-specific optimal temperature value and continuous monitoring of plant canopy temperatures to determine the need for irrigation. Ten years of field studies have demonstrated the applicability of the BIOTIC method to a number of different crops with several irrigation systems.