{"id":17610,"date":"2025-05-23T11:14:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T11:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azud.com\/casos-de-exito\/digital-agriculture-to-improve-the-health-of-mandarin-cultivation\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T05:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:24:58","slug":"digital-agriculture-to-improve-the-health-of-mandarin-cultivation","status":"publish","type":"caso-de-exito","link":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/success-stories\/digital-agriculture-to-improve-the-health-of-mandarin-cultivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital management in Agriculture to Improve the Health of Mandarin Orange Crops"},"featured_media":7058,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"compania_titulo_":"Mandarin Orange Cultivation in Castell\u00f3n","compania_imagen":"https:\/\/azud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iStock-1250899105-1-1.webp","compania_texto":"

This estate is located in Castell\u00f3n, east of Spain<\/strong>, with an area of 20 hectares<\/strong> dedicated to the cultivation of mandarin orange<\/strong> in an intensive trellis system using the Orri variety.<\/p>\n

In this success story, our client was an agricultural consultant who worked at several citrus farms in the area.<\/p>\n

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Location<\/strong>: Castell\u00f3n
\nFarming<\/strong>: Mandarin Orange<\/p>\n","el_reto_imagen":"https:\/\/azud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Frame-23-1-1.webp","compania_texto_copy":"

This particular property featured root asphyxia problems<\/strong> in the trees due to deep waterlogging during the spring and summer, which negatively affected crop health, especially that of the Orri mandarin variety.<\/p>\n

The main challenge was to solve the problem of root asphyxia caused by traditional, excessive irrigation, as well as the farm\u2019s clay soil, which was located near a seasonal watercourse.<\/p>\n

The symptoms observed on the trees\u2014such as small leaves, yellowing, and defoliation\u2014indicated the need to restore health<\/strong> from the plantation.<\/p>\n","la_solucion_imagen":"https:\/\/azud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Frame-22-2-1.webp","la_solucion_texto":"

The solution involved improving irrigation practices to address these problems and enhance crop health through the implementation of advanced technology.<\/p>\n

A a monitoring station equipped with a temperature sensor, an ambient humidity sensor, and a Rain gauge to monitor temperature trends and precipitation on a highly localized basis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition, a 90-cm-length capacitive moisture probe<\/strong> to monitor soil volumetric moisture content throughout the profile. This probe also provided information on soil electrical conductivity and temperature at different depths.<\/p>\n

The approach used by the technicians involved adjusting the irrigation interval and duration based on the behavior of water in the 90-cm soil profile, where the mandarin orange roots were located. In addition, the timing of pre-fertilization, fertilization, and post-fertilization was adjusted using information on soil electrical conductivity, maintaining optimal values for crop health.<\/p>\n

Soil temperature and weather data were also used to determine the best time to begin Irrigation and fertilization, responding to the plant's needs in real time.<\/p>\n","beneficios_imagen":"https:\/\/azud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Frame-21-2-1-1.webp","beneficios_texto":"

The implementation of this efficient irrigation solution through digital management yielded a number of sustainable benefits within one year:<\/p>\n

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  • Disappearance of fungal diseases and symptoms of root asphyxia<\/strong>, preventing deep percolation and improving crop health.<\/li>\n
  • Reduction in water consumption for irrigation, diesel fuel (energy), and fertilizers<\/strong>. Watering was reduced from 2 hours, 6 days a week, to 1 hour, 4 days a week, thereby optimizing the use of resources.<\/li>\n
  • Improved Nutrient Utilization<\/strong>, preventing leaching and ion blockages, which contributed to better tree growth and higher yields and fruit size for the mandarins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},"tipo-de-industriacultivos":[1112],"subsector-casos-de-exito":[942],"lineas-de-actividad-casos":[977],"soluciones-casos-de-exito":[1047],"sector-casos-de-exito":[1088],"class_list":["post-17610","caso-de-exito","type-caso-de-exito","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipo-de-industriacultivos-citrics","subsector-casos-de-exito-woody","lineas-de-actividad-casos-gestion-digital","soluciones-casos-de-exito-digitalizacion-del-riego","sector-casos-de-exito-agriculture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso-de-exito\/17610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso-de-exito"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/caso-de-exito"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso-de-exito\/17610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74310,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso-de-exito\/17610\/revisions\/74310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tipo-de-industriacultivos","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-de-industriacultivos?post=17610"},{"taxonomy":"subsector-casos-de-exito","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subsector-casos-de-exito?post=17610"},{"taxonomy":"lineas-de-actividad-casos","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lineas-de-actividad-casos?post=17610"},{"taxonomy":"soluciones-casos-de-exito","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soluciones-casos-de-exito?post=17610"},{"taxonomy":"sector-casos-de-exito","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector-casos-de-exito?post=17610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}