US 11,785,903 B2
Method for monitoring water status in a field
Uri Shani, Tel-Aviv (IL); and Sharon Dabach, Tel-Aviv (IL)
Assigned to N-Drip Ltd., Kfar Saba (IL)
Appl. No. 16/959,679
Filed by N-Drip Ltd., Kfar Saba (IL)
PCT Filed Jan. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IL2019/050021
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/135235, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/613,074, filed on Jan. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0076580 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01N 19/10 (2006.01); A01G 25/16 (2006.01); A01G 24/44 (2018.01)
CPC A01G 25/167 (2013.01) [A01G 24/44 (2018.02); G01N 19/10 (2013.01); G01N 33/246 (2013.01); G01N 2033/245 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for sensing water status in soil comprising:
a porous material selected for actively proliferating root growth and having an area of at least 0.025 m2; and
a water status sensor that is coupled to the porous material.