Isaya Kisekka on passive plant water status measurement devices

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Measuring plant water status is a critical but underused tool in irrigation management. It allows us to determine whether plants actually need water, but is time consuming, done during the hottest portion of the day, and difficult to do at a large scale. Commercial devices to measure plant water status are a fairly recent addition to the agricultural tech field, but are they accurate? Isaya Kisekka, a professor of water management at UC Davis, has been evaluating them in almonds and shares what he’s found so far.

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