At the blueberry planting base of a company in Huaining County, east China's Anhui Province, smart temperature control, automated irrigation system, and real-time soil pH monitoring have replaced conventional cultivation methods.
The blueberries are cultivated in pots within smart greenhouses, where technologies including the Internet of Things (IoT) and big data enable precise and intelligent environmental control.
"One person with a smartphone can now manage blueberry fields measuring dozens of mu (one mu equals 0.07 hectares) in size," said Liu Jinlong, general manager of the company.
Thanks to this tech-driven approach, Liu's greenhouse blueberries can hit the market in March, two months earlier than those planted outdoors, while achieving a yield double the amount of outdoor planted blueberries.
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