ROOT-ZONE DECISION WORKBENCH

Test the irrigation decision before the field trial.

Choose a crop, soil, weather and treatment. The state engine compares modelled root-zone moisture trajectories and explains the recommended action.

Recommended actionPartial irrigation

Lowest moisture42%

Stress riskMedium

ConfidenceModelled

Root-zone moisture: treatment comparison

14-day simulated trajectory

ControlHydrogelBiocharHydrogel + biochar

Why partial irrigation?

The control trajectory reaches the caution zone first. Hydrogel creates a finite root-zone water buffer, so the system proposes a smaller timed cycle rather than a full fixed schedule.

Model assumptions

Hydrogel stores only part of the base irrigation pulse and releases it when moisture falls. Biochar modifies water-loss behaviour; it is not treated as the same material. Results require calibration against controlled plots.