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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ii
List of Tables iv

INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study 1

Objectives of the Study 3

Scope and Limitation of the Study 3
Significance of the Study 4
Definition of Terms 5

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE/STUDIES

Solar Powered Automatic Drip Irrigation System 6
Arduino 8
Solar Panel 9
Drip Irrigation 10
Automated Drip Irrigation 12
Lettuce Production 13
Morphology 13
Fertilizer 14
Soil requirements 15
Uses and Materials 15
Irrigation 16
Harvesting 16
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MATERIALS AND METHODS

Materials and Equipment’s 17
Study area and duration of the experiment 22
Required Range 22
Procedure 23
Experimental Set-up 23
Description of the System 23
Preparation and Establishment of Greenhouse 24
Assembly of the Arduino Based Drip Irrigation System 24
Preparation of Automated Drip Irrigation System Under
Controlled Environment 26
System’s Diagram 27
Fabrication, Installation and Layout of the System 27
Establishment of Automated Drip Irrigation Under
Controlled Environment 27
Experimental Site 28
Planting Layout and Land Preparation 30
Experimental Design 31
Greenhouse 32
Research Design 33
Cultural Management Practices for Lettuce 34
Planting Materials 34
Seeds and Variety 34
Seed Germination 34
Data Gathering Procedure 34
Mode of Data Collection 35
System Efficiency 35
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Drip Irrigation System Efficiency 35

Water Distribution Efficiency 35
Irrigation Frequency 36
Irrigation Capacity 36
Soil moisture 36
Evaporation, Temperature, Rainfall and Humidity 37
Yield of Lettuce 37
Plant Water Requirement 37
Economic Analysis 39

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Efficiency, Frequency, Quantity/Capacity and Timeliness of the Applications 43
Amount of water to be saved Using SPABDISUCE (T1) and
SPABDIT (T-test) 44
Yield of lettuce in kg and no. of leaves 45
Economic Feasibility of the study 46

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

Summary 47
Conclusion 48

REFERENCES 49
APPENDICES 51
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LIST OF TABLES
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1 Actual data gathered from SPABDISUCE (T1) and the study of
Abriol et al. (T2) 43
2 Quantity of water in mm 44
3 T-test computations for Quantity/Capacity of water used 44
4 Yield Loose-leaf lettuce per Treatments and Replications 45
5 Average weight and no. of leaves per replicate of Treatment 1 45
6 T-test for Loose-leaf Lettuce Yield 45
7 Economic viability indicators for Solar 46
8 Bill of Materials 51
9 Gant Chart 53
10 Sunshine Duration Raw Data 72
11 Mean daily percentage of annual daytime hours for different latitudes 76
12 Data gathered for Dripper Discharge 80
13 Data gathered for Intake Discharge 82
14 System Efficiency Computation 82
15 T-test computations for Quantity of Water Used 83
16 Daily, Temperature, Humidity and Evaporation data various days 84
17 Date and Quantity/Capacity of Drip Irrigation Application 86
18 Weekly Moisture content of SPABDISUCE (T1) vs Abriol et al (T-test) 87
19 Data gathered for Moisture Content, Quantity/ Capacity 88
20 Price of Lettuce 89
21 Facility and Things used 89
22 Cost and Return Analysis 90
23 Breakeven point Calculation Data 93
24 IRR of SPABDISUCE 94
25 Breakeven point Calculation Data (SPABDIT) 98
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26 IRR of ABDIT 99
27 Yield Loose-leaf Lettuce 100
28 T-test computations 101
29 Average weight and no. of leaves 102