International Journal of Innovative Research in Information Security (IJIRIS) ISSN: 2349-7009(P) Issue 05, Volume 04 (March 2017) SPECIAL ISSUE www.ijiris.com ISSN: 2349-7017(O) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ IJIRIS: Impact Factor Value – SJIF: Innospace, Morocco (2016): 4.346 ISRAJIF (2016): 3.318 & Indexcopernicus ICV (2015):73.48 © 2014- 17, IJIRAE- All Rights Reserved Page -4 AN AMELIORATED METHODOLOGY FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART PLANT SYSTEM 1 Rashmi M V, 2 Dr.R.N.Kulkarni 1 M. Tech. Computer Science & Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology & Management, Ballari, VTU Belgavi, 2 Professor and Head & Dept. of CSE, BITM Ballari, Karnataka, India, Abstract-- In India Agriculture is the main profession. Majority of the farmers are dependent on the traditional approach of farming where they have to stay in their lands either for supplying the water to the crops or to monitor the moisture level in the soil and also the growth of plants. There is a possibility of excess water at some part of the land and there is a deficiency of water on the other side. This is one of the major problems to the farmer where he has to continuously monitor the flow of water. In this paper, we are proposing an automated smart plant system which supply the required quantity of water to the land, measures the moisture content in the soil using moisture sensor, and also measures the temperature and humidity in that area using temperature and humidity sensor. The proposed system is developed using hardware devices such as Arduino uno, Sensors, Relay board, Ethernet shield etc. In this system we are using a mobile phone to control all the equipments and devices which are connected in the system and we also send signals to start and stop the device through the mobile phone only. Keywords: Arduino uno, Ethernet shield, Relay board, Moisture Sensors, Temperature and Humidity sensor. 1. INTRODUCTION In India agriculture is the main profession. Majority of the farmers are dependent on the traditional approach of farming where they have to stay in their lands either for supplying the water to the crops or to monitor the moisture level in the soil and also the growth of plants. There is a possibility of wastage of water as well as somewhere it is excess water and somewhere there is a deficiency. The Internet of Things (IoT) based smart plant system continuously monitors the health status of plants and crops. Monitoring the plants, that is observing and checking the progress of plants is one of the most important jobs for the farmers in any agriculture lands or farming fields. Traditionally farmers need to periodically visit their farming or agriculture fields to check the plants status like moisture level in the soil, temperature and humidity etc. Based on the necessity, the farmers pump the water by motor to irrigate their fields. The farmers have to stay in their fields and need to wait till the water flows sufficiently to plants and thereafter needs to turn off the motor. In this traditional approach of farming there is wastage of water as well as sometimes there is a excess water in some portion of the land and sometimes deficiency of water in the other parts of the land. Every time to start and stop the water pump the farmer needs to stay in the land itself. Sometimes there is a breakdown in the power supply, the farmer has to wait until he gets a power supply and can switch on motor. To overcome all these problems with the existing system we are proposing an automated system using the appropriate hardware devices such as Arduino uno, Ethernet shield, Relay board, and other sensors. 1.1 MOTIVATION The most essential features for the quality and richness of plants growth are temperature, humidity, moisture level of the soil. Constantly monitoring of these three environmental features gives related information to the farmer to easily analyze that which parameters are affecting to get the maximum quality and richness of the plant growth. Controlling the climate and checking the status of plants health is one of the greatest tasks in the agriculture field or farming areas. The main motivation of the project is for the user to monitor the plants health status, cultivation or irrigation process to get sufficient water to plants based on the moisture level in the soil, without the users need to be present at the fields or cultivation areas. This paper also proposes that the system helps the farmers to give the required resources to the plants remotely without much more manual effort and also helps in richness and healthy growth of crops.