Toward a Cost-Effective Smart Crop Health Monitoring System

In this research we have investigated and imple-mented smart-connected and cost-effective technologies that can aid with the crop management. In particular, we have installed nodes with various sensors in several parts of a Green house to supervise environmental and lighting conditions as well as to monitor the growth of plants. Furthermore, the overall monitoring system further includes a central access node for accumulating the sensory data that can also be accessed remotely for further analysis. The data collected from this research will be used in determining the optimal placement of sensors within the Green house, their performance as well as the strategies to be followed for minimizing the growth rate of plannts while at the same time maximizing their health. Finally, we have integrated all sensors input data into a Graphical User Interface.