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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2007
Hans-dieter Seelig, Boulder, CO (US);
Richard J. Stoner, Ii, Berthoud, CO (US);
Alexander Hoehn, Boulder, CO (US);
William Walter Adams, Iii, Superior, CO (US);
Hans-Dieter Seelig, Boulder, CO (US);
Richard J. Stoner, II, Berthoud, CO (US);
Alexander Hoehn, Boulder, CO (US);
William Walter Adams, III, Superior, CO (US);
Agrihouse, Inc., Berthoud, CO (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for determining when plants require watering, and methods of attending to the watering of plants including signaling the grower that the plants are in need of hydration are provided. The novel methods include real-time measurement of plant metabolics and phytometric physiology changes of intrinsic physical or behavioral traits within the plant such as determining physiological flux measurement of enzyme flux due to environmental changes such as the wind and drought stress, soil and plant mineral deficiencies, or the interaction with a bio-control for organic disease control including, cell movement, signal transduction, internal chemical processes and external environmental processes including when plants require watering, and methods of attending to the watering of plants including signaling the grower that the plants are in need of hydration.