Pavlidis Vineyards

Precision agriculture in the Pavlidis vineyards

Integrating Precision Agriculture technologies and Integrated Crop Management practices for profitable, sustainable wine production

The aim of the project is to develop an innovative approach that integrates Precision Agriculture (PA) technologies and Integrated Crop Management (ICM) practices in order to protect natural resources and sustain a profitable future for grape and wine production in the “Pavlidis” vineyards.

The project offers optimized usage of vineyard inputs (water, fertilizers, crop protection products) according to the actual productive requirements, to deliver significant benefits with respect to both profitability and environmental impact, while ensuring the desired grape specifications for the intended end product.

The collection of sensor data from the vineyards is achieved with the help of a WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) infrastructure installed in the vineyards. The WSN consists of the following units:

• Sensor nodes that gather and wirelessly send the sensors’ measurements to the central unit
• Soil moisture sensors, placed at the same depth as the roots of the plant (cables need to be protected from trimmer vehicles)
• Leaf sensors, to assess the residual wetness on the leaves
• Range extenders, to provide wireless coverage to the vineyards

A web application was also developed for the visualization and analysis of the derived data. The application utilizes database and web GIS technologies in order to provide map visualization of the sensor and modelling data, spatial queries and analysis, as well as reporting capabilities.