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...
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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 24, 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 15, 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 2, 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...
Michael Santiago, PhD
Jun 18, 2018
FloraPulse awarded $600k USDA SBIR Phase II award for "In-plant probe of water potential"
FloraPulse just received an USDA Phase II SBIR! Thanks to the awesome team that made it happen — shout out to Alan, Abe and Justin. And...
Michael Santiago, PhD
Nov 11, 2017
Soil water status measurements
As in plants the basic difference in measurements is between soil water content and water potential. Again, they are generally correlated...
Michael Santiago, PhD
Oct 16, 2017
Why measure plant water potential with FloraPulse
Water Content versus Water Potential With any wet material such as soil or plant tissue, there are two important properties related to...
Michael Santiago, PhD
Jul 11, 2017
FloraPulse Awarded $225k Grant from the National Science Foundation
Small Business Innovation Research Program Provides Seed Funding for R&D Davis CA, July 11, 2017 – FloraPulse Co has been awarded a...
Michael Santiago, PhD
Jun 18, 2017
FloraPulse Awarded $100k Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Small Business Innovation Research Program Provides Seed Funding for R&D Davis CA, June 18, 2017 – FloraPulse Co has been awarded a U.S....
Michael Santiago, PhD
Feb 6, 2017
In the news: Water sensor moves from basic research to promising business
FloraPulse has been featured in the Cornell Chronicle. Check out the article here: http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/02/water-sensor-m...
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