Drought Effects on Walnut and Irrigation Strategies
FloraPulse is currently developing a microtensiometer system for walnuts. It's been a tough nut to crack, but we are making progress and...
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Alan Lakso, PhD
- Apr 1, 2021
How FloraPulse achieves good sensor-tissue contact during installation
The greatest source of variability in the measurements of stem potentials with the FloraPulse microtensiometer is the variation in the...
Alan Lakso, PhD
- Mar 20, 2021
Should the FloraPulse microtensiometer agree with the pressure chamber?
The Scholander Pressure Chamber, aka “pressure bomb”, has become the standard for measuring the water potential of plants, whether as...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- Mar 18, 2021
Drawbacks of ET irrigation scheduling
A recent irrigation seminar from the University of California and the Almond Board discussed various methods to determine when/how to...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- Mar 5, 2021
FloraPulse sensors in Chile! Prune, cherry and grape.
For the curious, here is data from FloraPulse sensors installed with our partner OLIVOS riego in prune, cherry and grape. The sensors...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- Mar 5, 2021
Two years of 24/7 water potential - Napa Valley Cabernet
FloraPulse sensors have been installed for almost two years in a high-end vineyard in Napa Valley. They still show great, accurate stem...
Alan Lakso, PhD
- Mar 1, 2021
Isn’t Soil Moisture Good Enough to Estimate Crop Stress?
For decades growers and researchers have used soil moisture to guide irrigation of crops. It is logical that since plants get their water...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- Feb 23, 2021
FloraPulse featured on The Packer
Ken Shackel, professor/pomologist at the University of California, Davis, is analyzing a sensor from Davis-based FloraPulse Co. developed...
Alan Lakso, PhD
- Jan 25, 2021
How to Estimate or Measure the Water Status of Plants in the Field?
Many different interacting factors affecting supply (soil moisture), demand (weather) or plant factors (leaf area, canopy display) that...
Alan Lakso, PhD
- Jan 11, 2021
Letter from FloraPulse founder Dr. Alan Lakso to plant researchers
We wanted to let you know that after more than a decade of research at Cornell then development into a practical tool by our FloraPulse...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- Dec 18, 2020
FloraPulse featured on the MIT Technology Review
Hal Crain, owner of Crain Ranch nut farm and FloraPulse customer says: We’re in the far north end of California and it’s going to reach...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- Dec 4, 2020
2020 Virtual Almond Conference
Come see FloraPulse at The Almond Conference 2020, the largest almond conference in the world, hosted by the Almond board of California....
Alan Lakso, PhD
- Nov 23, 2020
What affects the water status of plants?
Water status is a key regulator of many growth, yield, quality and sustainability. So, what factors affect the water status of plants?...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- Nov 9, 2020
Sales 2020
Daily stem water potential at your fingertips Stop guessing and know exactly when to irrigate with FloraPulse. Get a direct readout of...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- Sep 1, 2020
FloraPulse is Comstock's Magazine Startup of the Month
How do you measure the thirst of a plant? Michael Santiago, founder and CEO of FloraPulse, says give it a chip. His new Davis-based...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- Aug 1, 2020
FloraPulse awarded $256k NSF SBIR award for "Models to predict soil and plant water status"
FloraPulse just received a Phase I NSF SBIR to develop improved models to predict soil and plant water status! Commercial product coming...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- May 25, 2020
FloraPulse receives Wells Fargo, AgStart grant to achieve commercialization milestones
FloraPulse Founder and CEO Michael Santiago said, “AgStart helped us find funding to get through these difficult times, and with their...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- Jul 16, 2019
American Fruit Grower: (FloraPulse) Delivers Big Opportunity for Fruit and Nut Growers
Reading plant stress can be a difficult endeavor, especially for nuts or wine grapes, where deficit irrigation is desirable near...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- Jul 3, 2019
Wine Business Monthly: A New Measurement Tool for Vineyard Irrigation Management
A promising new sensor tool to measure grapevine water status to efficiently manage vineyard irrigation is being beta tested this year in...
Michael Santiago, PhD
- Apr 21, 2019
FloraPulse technology featured in “Retaking the Field – science breakthroughs for thriving farms"
FloraPulse’s sensor breakthrough was featured in a report by the Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) foundation. See page 32 in...
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