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Cotton drip irrigation automation project boosts yields

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The Shihezi "Cotton Drip Irrigation Automatic Control Science and Technology Demonstration Project", which has been included in the national plan, will add another 15,000 mu to its experimental demonstration area this year on top of last year's. In recent years, after the Shihezi reclamation area vigorously promoted and applied cotton under-mulch drip irrigation technology, total cotton output and per-unit yield have increased substantially. **Tianye Group Corporation, as the largest domestic producer of agricultural water-saving drip irrigation equipment, has promoted water-saving drip irrigation over more than ten million mu. In order to seize the scientific and technological high ground, the company independently innovated and developed the "Cotton Drip Irrigation Automation

The Shihezi "Cotton Drip Irrigation Automatic Control Science and Technology Demonstration Project", which has been included in the national plan, will add another 15,000 mu to its experimental demonstration area this year on top of last year's.

In recent years, after the Shihezi reclamation area vigorously promoted and applied cotton under-mulch drip irrigation technology, total cotton output and per-unit yield have increased substantially. **Tianye Group Corporation, as the largest domestic producer of agricultural water-saving drip irrigation equipment, has promoted water-saving drip irrigation over more than ten million mu. In order to seize the scientific and technological high ground, the company independently innovated and developed the "Cotton Drip Irrigation Automation System" in 2005, and carried out experimental demonstrations in 2006 at regimental farms such as Regiment 148 and Regiment 149 in the Shihezi reclamation area, covering nearly ten thousand mu. After the application of the new technology, indoor visualization of the cotton production process, monitoring of soil moisture, and automation of irrigation were achieved.

It is understood that cotton in the cotton drip irrigation automation demonstration project area yields more than 8% higher than ordinary drip-irrigated cotton and saves about 15% water. After applying automated drip irrigation technology, 3,000 mu of cotton requires only 10 laborers for management.

An expert group composed of the Finance Bureau of Shihezi City of the Eighth Agricultural Division of the XPCC, the Comprehensive Agricultural Development Office, the Science and Technology Bureau, Shihezi University, the **Reclamation Science Academy, and Tianye Group Corporation, when reviewing the Cotton Drip Irrigation Automatic Control Science and Technology Demonstration Project, held that the project has an important demonstrative role in promoting the transformation of traditional agriculture to modern agriculture, and its prospects are very promising.

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