Internet of Things based Controlled Environment for the Production of Shiitake Mushroom

Shiitake mushroom is a crucial type of mushrooms that is mainly used for both medicinal and culinary applications. This type of mushroom that was recently introduced, is currently produced under traditional methods of mushrooms' cultivation which affects the production outcome. Based on its important use, shiitake mushroom is needed in quantity though its production is less because the existing methods do not provide promising results in terms of harvest quantity. This paper avails an Internet of Things based method to produce Shiitake mushrooms based on technology to improve yielded quantity in short period of time by managing the environmental vital parameters in the shiitake mushroom production area. The experimental results of our method identified an improvement on the production quantity for a period of eight weeks of pilot farms observation.