Iloilo State College of Fisheries-Dingle Campus: Republic of The Philippines

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
ILOILO STATE COLLEGE OF FISHERIES-DINGLE CAMPUS

College of Information and Communication Technology
Chapter I
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
Agriculture plays a vital role in our country. All
types of farming activities like watering fields and
cultivating crops are involved in conventional farming
practice and performed manually (Sukumar et al., 2018).
However, in the age of advanced electronics and technology,
the life of human being should be simpler and more
convenient, there is a need for many automated systems that
are capable of replacing or reducing human effort in their
daily activities and jobs (Duzic &Dumic, 2017). Water is
essential to human, animals and plants. With the development
of technology there is also an increase in the demand of the
food, plantation in the societies. Today agriculture uses 85
percent of water for irrigation purposes only, the wastage of
water is the major problem mostly in agriculture. In
addition, there is also a waste in fertilizer. However,
these can be reduced by using different methods developed
for conservation of water and applying precision

agriculture. There are many techniques to control or save
the wastage of water (Pavithra,2017). An automatic
irrigation system with soil moisture sensor and nutrient
analyser mobile app will be developed to optimize water use
for agricultural crops .It has sensors on soil-moisture used
as parameters if the plant needs to be watered or not.In
addition, it has a soil nutrient analyser able to detect the
ph of soil .In this proposal farmers can turn their smart
phones into a high-tech gadget able to monitor the soil
moisture, ph level and irrigation of crops.
According to Stauffer and Sphule,(2018)automated
irrigation system refers to the operation of the system with
no or just a minimum of manual intervention besides the
surveillance.An automated irrigation system have been
developed using sensors technology with Arduino to
efficiently utilize water for irrigation purpose(Stauffer &
Sphule,2018). Irrigation is the key to a successful garden.
Monitoring the soil moisture content of a crop is a way to
dtetermine if it needs to be watered and with the help of an
automatic irrigation programmed to stop when enough water
was supplied could be a great help to conserve water. Taneja
and Batia(2017) proposed an embedded system for automatic

control of irrigation. You can water your plants regularly
when you are out for vacation. The system has wireless
sensor network for real-time sensing and control of an
irrigation system. This system provides uniform and required
level of water for the garden and it avoids water wastage.
This system is intended to create an automated irrigation
mechanism which turns the pumping motor ON and OFF on
detecting the dampness content of the earth. The system has
soil moisture sensor inserted into the soil of the plants
and a water level sensor placed in a water container from
where water will be pumped to plants for irrigation. An
algorithm has been build out with threshold values of soil
moisture sensor to control the water quantity in soil and
also a water level sensor has been implemented to measure
the water level in tank (Taneja & Batia,2017).
Nowadays it’s a challenge to improve development of
plant in respect of its growth and to reduce costs which
leads to an innovative idea of using an automated irrigation
system which will further help in better management of water
and human resources. Agriculture plays a vital role in our
country. Over fertilization may leads to the inferior
quality of the crop production. The measurement of Soil

nutrients is greatly required for better plant growth and
fertilization. A key in soil testing is to determine the
amount of nutrients present in soil. PH is commonly measured
to monitor the soil fertility one of the most important
informative soil parameter to detect the soil fertility
(Sukumar et al.,2018).
The use of manual irrigation consumes a lot of time and
needs monitoring frequently. However, automatic systems can
be programmed and will automatically on or off depending on
the parameter to be controlled. This proposed project
proposal Automatic Irrigation System with Soil Moisture
Sensor and Nutrient Analyzer Mobile App is a great
innovation in agriculture technology. It seeks in enhancing
conservation of resources and minimizing labour .It will
help the farmers or gardeners save time and effort. In
addition it can help them monitor their crops properly in
order to increase productivity and produce healthy
vegetation.
General Objectives of the Study
This study aimed to develop and design an
Automatic Irrigation System with Soil Moisture Sensor and

Nutrient Analyzer Mobile App for farmers of Agri Eco-
Tourism.
Specific Objectives of the Study
1.To develop and design a mobile application
control an irrigation system with soil moisture and
sensor.
2.To monitor the percentage of soil nutrient
through ph level and soil moisture sensors using mobile
phone.
3.To reduce human effort and water wastage in farm
irrrigation.
4. Evaluate system using 9126 ISO Standards.
Significance of the Study
The result of the study would benefit the farmers,
agriculturists, school and researchers. The society will be
aware of this technology that could automate the irrigation
system to conserve resources.

Farmers. The system can be a great help for farmers to
minimize their labor in irrigation of their crops.
Agriculturists. The system can help agriculturists to
determine soil nutrient content through pH level and soil
moisture of their farm in real time.
School. The system can be used by the school in their
crops and vegetable gardens.
Researchers. This can be a help for researchers in
developing new studies.
Scope and Limitation of the Study
This study is a mobile application which is an
innovation of manual irrigation system to a high tech
automatic system with sensors. This study will be conducted
on School Year 2019-2020 at Agri Eco-Tourism Farm. This
study covers only the Automation of irrigation system with
the use of soil moisture sensor, water level tank sensor
and soil nutrient analyser. No more other sensors will be
used.
Definition of Terms of the Study

Analyzer. This refers to is a piece of equipment used

to
analyze the substances that are present in something such as
as gas(Collins English Dictionary,2018).
Application. This refers to a computer program designed
for a particular purpose (Cambridge Dictionary,2018).
Arduino. This refers to an open-source electronics
platform or board and the software used to program
it(Techopedia,2018).
Automatic. This refers to a machine or apparatus that
operates automatically(Webster,1999).
Irrigation. This refers to supply of water to land or
crops to help growth, typically by means of channels
(Oxford English Dictionary,2018).
Nutrient. This refers to any substance plants or
animals need in order to grow (Webster,1999).
Microcontroller. This refers to a computer present in a
single integrated circuit which is dedicated to perform one
task and execute one specific application
(Technopedia,2018).
Mobile.This refers to a portable, wireless ,computing
device used while held in hands(Webster,1999)
Sensor. This refers to a device that responds to a
physical stimulus(Webster,1999).
Soil. This refers to the upper layer of earth in which
plant grows(Webster,1999).
System. This refers to a definite scheme or method of
procedure or classification(Webster,1999).
Chapter II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Prior Art on Automatic Irrigation using Soil Moisture
Sensor
Kipkebut(2014),conducted a study on Automatic
irrigation
control system.This project is based on moisture sensor used
to measure humidity content in the soil. The design portion
involves mainly a global system for mobile communication and
a control circuitry with a microcontroller. This project
used some of the softwares like basic language for

programming the application software to the microcontroller
and visual basic for interfacing the hardware and mobile
phone. Protel or workbench schematic software is used for
designing the circuit diagram for this project and express
prefabricated circuit board (PCB) software is used for
designing. Since PCB making is a big process and involves a
number of machineries which are expensive and was therefore
outsourced. Using DTMF 8870 IC will act as an interface
between the user and the system as it is a receiver which
links the GSM network, the microcontroller pic16f73 contains
the software which states the conditions of the system which
can be displayed in a liquid crystal display and transmitted
via mobile phone to the dual tone multiple frequency
receiver which is part of the control system in the farm.
New technologies help in increasing productivity with use of
less manpower as well as conservation of water in the
process.
Vagulabranan et al.,(2016) conducted a study on
Automatic Irrigation System on Sensing Soil Moisture
Content.This project is intended to create an automated
irrigation mechanism which turns the pumping motor ON and
OFF on detecting the moisture content of the earth. In the

domain of farming, utilization of appropriate means of
irrigation is significant. The benefit of employing these
techniques is to decrease human interference and still make
certain appropriate irrigation. This automated irrigation
project brings into play an Arduino board ATmega328 micro-
controller and is programmed to collect the input signal of
changeable moisture circumstances of the earth via moisture
detecting system.
Devika et al.,(2014) conducted a study on Arduino based
Plant Watering System. This project uses watering sprinkler
system because it can water the plants located in the pots.
This project uses Arduino board, which consists of ATmega328
microcontroller. It is programmed in such a way that it will
sense the moisture level of the plants and supply the water
if required. This type of system is often used for general
plant care, as part of caring for small and large gardens.
Normally, the plants need to be watered twice daily, morning
and evening. So, the microcontroller has to be coded to
water the plants in the greenhouse about two times per day.
People enjoy plants, their benefits and the feeling related
to nurturing them. However for most people it becomes
challenging to keep them healthy and alive. To accommodate

this challenge we have developed a prototype, which makes a
plant more self-sufficient, watering itself from a large
water tank and providing itself with artificial sunlight.
The pro-To type reports status of its current conditions and
also reminds the user to refill the water tank. The system
automation is designed to be assistive to the user. We hope
that through this prototype people will enjoy having plants
without the challenges related to absent or forgetfulness.
Taneja (2017),conducted a study on Automatic
irrigation system using Arduino UNO. This project requires
Arduino board having inbuilt ATMega328 microcontroller.
This project is need of the hour to convert manual
irrigation into an automated irrigation which with the
help of soil moisture sensor will detect dankness content
of soil leading to turn ON/OFF of pumping motor. Human
efforts can be reduced using this technique and increase
saving of water by efficiently irrigating the plants. The
design has been made with better resource management and
low power consumption. This project brings into play a
micro-controller which is of 8051 family, this
programmable micro-controller collects the input signals
converted into values of moisture in the soil via soil

moisture sensors. As the microcontroller starts obtaining
the signals, it creates an output that forces a relay for
running the water pumping motor. An LCD screen is also
linked to the micro-controller to show moisture conditions
of the soil and water pump. The water level sensor is used
to detect the level of tank so that tank contains
efficient water to transfer into crops.
Zareen et al.,(2016)conducted a study on Intelligent
Automatic Plant Irrigation System .This system has
wireless sensor network for real-time sensing and control
of an irrigation system. This system provides uniform and
required level of water for the garden and it avoids water
wastage. This system is intended to create an automated
irrigation mechanism which turns the pumping motor ON and
OFF on detecting the dampness content of the earth. In
this embedded system we are interfacing Arduino board
ATmega328 microcontroller through temperature sensor, soil
moisture sensor and also interfacing to GSM. This paper of
“Intelligent Automatic Plant Irrigation System” is
implemented using the “ARDUNIO” software and hardware
using “Embedded C” along with the “ANDROID” for sending
users command to the Arduino for controlling the motor.

Prior Art on Soil Nutrient Analyzer
Sindhuja and Krithiga (2017),conducted a study on
Soil Nutrient Identification Using Arduino.This study has
developed electrochemical sensor to determine the N, P, K
and other types of nutrients present in the soil. The
electrochemical sensor is based on the principle of
absorption of ions from the aqueous solution of soil. Here
the sensor along with the Arduino Microcontroller circuits
is built to detect the deficient component of the soil.
Sukumar et al.,(2018) conducted a study on Real Time
Soil Fertility Analyzer using IOT. In the proposed system an
electrochemical sensor has been developed to determine the
percentage of soil nutrients , Nitrogen, Phosphorous and
Potassium and also determine the crops which are suitable
for the particular soil type. It will analyze soil nutrient
content present in soil at real time and it will also
suggest the crops based on determined PH of soil. This
system is proposed to help the farmers to increase the
production and the suggestions are made through the mobile
application.
Akshay et al.,(2018) conducted a study on Soil Nutrient
Identification using Arduino and Electrochemical Sensors.
This framework made remote sensor organize for checking
rural situations for different components such as NPK,
temperature and stickiness along with other variables can be
of centrality. By which they can apply fertilizer to the
plant where it needs, and can maintain a strategic distance
from over fertilization of the crops. A key for soil testing
for defined fertilization is to decide the amount of soil
supplements, taken after by proposal of supplement needs and
site-specific fertilization. This consider planning to grant
a brief review of potential electrochemical sensors and a
rundown of their challenges and openings in soil supplement
detection.
Badhe et al.,(2017) conducted a research on IOT Based
Smart Agriculture And Soil Nutrient Detection System. This
project provides a brief overview of the soil monitoring
system using sensors. Various soil sensors are used to
measure temperature, moisture and light, humidity and ph
value. The information from the sensors in the soil is sent
to the MCP3204 A/D converter then from A/D converter it send
to the cloud through Raspberry pi. Finally we can see the

information saved to cloud on mobile phone as well as
laptop. On the basis of information we know which crop is
suitable with given soil parameter. Thus this advanced
technology helps the farmers to know the accurate parameters
of the soil thus making the soil testing procedure easier.
Harshani et al.,(2017) conducted a research on
Monitoring the Nutrient Level for Efficient Crop
Productivity Using IOT.This paper introduces internet of
things which connects the whole world through devices such
as sensors, actuators and other embedded devices. Internet
of things can be used in agriculture for efficient crop
production. India is very much popular for crop production.
As day by day the population increases, production of crops
has to be increased. To produce more efficient crops, soil
moisture, temperature and soil pH is more important. Crop
growth is based on soil nutrient level and its moisture
level. Hence the nutrient level has to be monitored
frequently for crop production. For this there are various
techniques for nutrient detection. In this paper, the
nutrient level and moisture level of soil are detected and
monitored using soil moisture sensor and pH sensor along
with that temperature sensor and a microcontroller is used.

The values are then stored and updated to cloud server for
future use. Along with that an application is done for
farmers in order to know the level of temperature, soil pH
and moisture level frequently.
Chapter III
METHODOLOGY
In this Chapter, methods used in creating Automatic
Irrigation System with Soil Moisture Sensor and Nutrient
Anlyzer Mobile App are presented to generate accessibility
and usability. It contains of six parts: (1) Project

Description, contains the description of the system and its
function, (2) Development Process, shows the development
process of the system and its functions, (3) Requirement
Analysis, which contains different diagrams (4) Design
Specification, contains the user interface of the system,
(5) Testing and Operation, states the methods and (6)
Project Evaluation, which is based on ISO 9126.
Project Description
The Automatic Irrigation System with Soil Moisture Sensor
and Nutrient Analyzer Mobile App is an automatic irrigation
system based on mobile application that will use an Arduino
microcontroller,water motor, power supply, mobile phone,
wifi-module, soil moisture sensor and soil nutrient analyzer
to help a famer to control and monitor a farm. This system
will will be a prototype model for an automatic irrigation
system and and a great has a goal to replace the traditional
watering system and detecting of soil fertility and nutrient
into a high tech way. In the proposed system the user can
monitor the amount of soil moisture ,and the soil nutrient
by determining the ph of soil. A soil ph sensor and soil
moisture sensor specifically designed for Arduino

microcontroller will be programmed in order determine the
amount of ph of soil and moisture.The plants will
automatically be irrigated based on the soil moisture
level.The system uses a wifi module so that the data
gathered from the parameters send readings across a network
gateway which sends all of this data to a central web
service which uses an intelligent software application to
automatically analyse the data and act upon it by
selectively activating irrigation nodes only in the areas
required.This data is fed into an intelligent software
package that uses intelligent agents in order to act upon
the information they are receiving from the sensors. The
outputs of the level of soil moisture and soil ph is
presented to the user on a Smartphone App.
Development Process
Developing the Automatic Irrigation System with soil
moisture sensor and nutrient analyzer mobile app will be
difficult to do because it requires a series of tests and
revision before it operates.Therefore, it needs a useful
tool in building an integrated system.In developing this
system Rapid Application Development model will be used. It

is a type of incremental. Rapid application development
(RAD) describes a method of software development which
heavily emphasizes rapid prototyping and iterative
delivery. The RAD model is, therefore, a sharp alternative
to the typical waterfall development model, which often
focuses largely on planning and sequential design
practices. Rapid application development is a software
development methodology that uses minimal planning in favor
of rapid prototyping. A prototype is a working model that
is functionally equivalent to a component of the product.
In the RAD model, the functional modules are developed in
parallel as prototypes and are integrated to make the
complete product for faster product delivery. Since there
is
no detailed preplanning, it makes it easier to incorporate
the changes within the development process.
RAD projects follow iterative and incremental model and
have small teams comprising of developers, domain experts,
customer representatives and other IT resources working
progressively on their component or prototype.

Analysis Demon- Test Implement

state
Refine
Figure 1.Rapid Application Model
The Rapid application model shown in Figure 1.is is not
about dependent phases but about simultaneous modular
developments and introductions that allow a faster and
better integration of the software system. The entire
development process has already been integrated into the
planning, and, where necessary, it can be supplemented,
altered or refined.
Requirement Analysis
Power
Supply
Soil
Nutrient
df Analyzer Wi-Fi Mobile
Arduino
Cloud
Microcon Module App
-troller
Soil
Moisture
Sensor
Figure 2. Block Diagram of Automatic irrigation system with
soil moisture sensor and nutrient analyser mobile app.
The block diagram in Figure 2. Shows that the proposed
system will consist of soil nutrient analyser, soil moisture
sensor,power supply,Arduino microcontroller,wifi module and
smart phone mobile app.The propose system checks the
moisture level in the soil and if moisture level is low then
Arduino switches On a water pump to provide water to the
plant. Water pump gets automatically off when system finds
enough moisture in the soil. Whenever system switched on or
off the pump, a message is sent to the user via wifi module,
updating the status of water pump and soil moisture .The
system also provides the amount of ph of the soil in that
way the user will determine if the soil is alkaline or
acidic. The parameter to determine the nutrient of soil can
help you determine or decide if the soil need to be
fertilized or not.This system is very useful in Farms and

garden homes. This system is completely automated and there
is no need for any human intervention.
Design Specification
Based on the system requirement in the first phase,the
developers developed the design of the system,in terms of
design and appearance. In designing the architecture of the
system, the developers used the unified modelling language
in the field(UML) with the standardized goal in modelling
language in the field of software enginnering.UML comprises
the different graphical notation techniques to create
visual model of the system.
The developers created a software architecture by
making diagrams which includes;Use Case Diagram,Sequence
Diagram.
Use Case Diagram
Facilitates
Motor System
V
Context Aware
Service
Soil Nutrient
Soil Moisture
Data Filtering
Admin
Event
Processing
Services Mobile
C
Cloud
App
User
Figure 3.Use Case Diagram
The diagram in Figure 3,shows how the user interacts with
the system. The analysed data from the sensors of soil
moisture and soil nutrient are filtered and processed then
are updated in cloud server .The mobile app with the aid of
network to be connected to the cloud lets the user know the
condition of soil.
Sequence Diagram
Sensor Micro- Server

controller
Admin
Farmer
Take value
from the
sensor
Collect
data
Send
data
Send ana-
lyzed data
Start
Server
Display
Data
Figure 4.Sequence Diagram
Operation and Testing

The Automatic Irrigation System with Soil Moisture
sensor and soil nutrient analyser Mobile App will involve an
Arduino microcontroller and Arduino wifi
module.Moreover,soil moisture sensors and soil nutrient
analyser will be deployed in soil to measure the soil
moisture level and ph level of soil.These sensors will be
connected to Arduino microcontroller so that sensed
information will be sent to the microcontroller for
action.In addition,power supply of water will also be
connected to Arduino.The sensed data will be communicated
serially using serial communication where machine learning
algorithm will be deployed. The microcontroller will be
programmed for the automatic irrigation of plants based on
soil moisture.It will also be connected to a wifi module to
connect the sensed information to the web cloud storage that
will give an output of the percentage level of soil moisture
and the ph moisture of the soil.It will determine if soil is
acidic or alkaline it will highlight the corresponding
result. The mobile app of the user can be connected to the
web cloud page through an an IP address from the users
mobile with interet.It will also give the user an
information if the plants are watered.Aside from being

automatic the user has the control of turning on or off the
water supply from his or her mobile phone.The future
prototype of the system will be shown in figure 6 and the
Mobile App graphical user interface will be shown in figure
7.These project proposal will be a real time feedback
control system of an automated irrigation and monitoring of
soil status and water irrigation efficiently. These proposal
will be a model to modernize agriculture at the same time
using these system can save manpower and water to improve
productivity.
Soil moisture sensor soil nutrient
analyzer
Arduino microcontroller
Mobile
Water pump App
Wifi module Cloud
Figure 6. Prototype
Wifi Connection
Local IP 192.168.43.132
Connect Disconnect
Soil Moisture = 3
Dry Normal Wet
Notify: Your Plants needs water
System will water plant
Soil PH = 8
Acidic Alkaline
Figure 7. Mobile App GUI
The future automatic irrigation system will involve a
mobile application. Its future graphical user interface is
shown in figure seven.The user needs to type in the local IP
address to be connected to the cloud storage of the system
and to monitor the status of his garden.

Project Evaluation
The ISO 9126 is the International Standard form for the
evaluation of software.The ISO 9126 objectives is to imply
some of the well known human biases that can adversely
affect the delivery and perception of software development
project.
The researcher used the International Standard
Organization (ISO) 9126 to enhance the system based on the
following:
Functionality this means a set of attributes that bear
on the existence of a set of functions and their specified
properties.The function are those that satisfy stated or
implied needs.
Reliability is a set of attributes that bare on the
capability of software to maintain the level of performance
under stated conditions for a stated period of time.
Usability is a set of attributes that bear on the
effort needed for use and on the individual assessment of
such use by a stated or implied set of users.
Efficiency is a set of attributes that bear on the
relationship between the level of performance of the

software and the amount of resources used,under stated
conditions.
Maintainability is a set of attributes that bear on the
effort needed to make specified modifications.
Portability is a set of attributes that bear on the
ability of software to be transferred from one environment
to another.
The Respondents
The respondents of the study will be randomly selected
system users.The number of respondents will be determined
using Slovin Formula as cited by Uriate(1993).
The system will use the ISO 9126 software quality model
which identified six areas in software evaluation.These are
functionality,reliability,usability,effieciency,maintaina-
bility,and portability.
Statistical Data Treatment
Mean will be used for descriptive data analysis for the
data gathered and will be subjected to descriptive and
inferential statistics.
In inferential statistics,the data of the system will
analyse using statistical package for social
statistics(SPSS) as shown in Table five.The decision on the
direction of the null hypothesis will be done when the p-
value of the computer processed data is lower than 0.05.
Table 5.Statistical Package for Social Sciences
Scale Description
4.51-5.00 Excellent
3.51-4.50 Very Good
2.51-3.50 Good
1.50-2.50 Fair
1.00-1.49 Poor
The data that will be gathered will be subjected to
descriptive and data analysis.Mean will be used for
descriptive data analysis.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

ILOILO STATE COLLEGE OF FISHERIES-DINGLE CAMPUS

Background of the Study

Agriculture plays a vital role in our country. All

types of farming activities like watering fields and

cultivating crops are involved in conventional farming

practice and performed manually (Sukumar et al., 2018).

However, in the age of advanced electronics and technology,

the life of human being should be simpler and more

convenient, there is a need for many automated systems that

are capable of replacing or reducing human effort in their

daily activities and jobs (Duzic &Dumic, 2017). Water is

essential to human, animals and plants. With the development

of technology there is also an increase in the demand of the

food, plantation in the societies. Today agriculture uses 85

percent of water for irrigation purposes only, the wastage of

water is the major problem mostly in agriculture. In

addition, there is also a waste in fertilizer. However,

these can be reduced by using different methods developed

for conservation of water and applying precision

agriculture. There are many techniques to control or save

the wastage of water (Pavithra,2017). An automatic

irrigation system with soil moisture sensor and nutrient

analyser mobile app will be developed to optimize water use

for agricultural crops .It has sensors on soil-moisture used

as parameters if the plant needs to be watered or not.In

addition, it has a soil nutrient analyser able to detect the

ph of soil .In this proposal farmers can turn their smart

phones into a high-tech gadget able to monitor the soil

moisture, ph level and irrigation of crops.

According to Stauffer and Sphule,(2018)automated

irrigation system refers to the operation of the system with

no or just a minimum of manual intervention besides the

surveillance.An automated irrigation system have been

developed using sensors technology with Arduino to

efficiently utilize water for irrigation purpose(Stauffer &

Sphule,2018). Irrigation is the key to a successful garden.

Monitoring the soil moisture content of a crop is a way to

dtetermine if it needs to be watered and with the help of an

automatic irrigation programmed to stop when enough water

was supplied could be a great help to conserve water. Taneja

and Batia(2017) proposed an embedded system for automatic

control of irrigation. You can water your plants regularly

sensor network for real-time sensing and control of an

irrigation system. This system provides uniform and required

level of water for the garden and it avoids water wastage.

This system is intended to create an automated irrigation

mechanism which turns the pumping motor ON and OFF on

detecting the dampness content of the earth. The system has

soil moisture sensor inserted into the soil of the plants

and a water level sensor placed in a water container from

where water will be pumped to plants for irrigation. An

algorithm has been build out with threshold values of soil

moisture sensor to control the water quantity in soil and

also a water level sensor has been implemented to measure

the water level in tank (Taneja & Batia,2017).

Nowadays it’s a challenge to improve development of

plant in respect of its growth and to reduce costs which

leads to an innovative idea of using an automated irrigation

system which will further help in better management of water

and human resources. Agriculture plays a vital role in our

country. Over fertilization may leads to the inferior

quality of the crop production. The measurement of Soil