Patent ID: 11895953
Assignee: nan
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 7:
8. A method of controlling environmental conditions based on plant health, the method comprising:
carrying out a method as defined in claim 1 to determine a health parameter of a plant;
using a processor, evaluating whether the health parameter indicates that the plant is experiencing a stress condition; and
using a processor, providing a perceptible indication to an operator that the plant is experiencing a stress condition, and/or activating a controller to supply one or more elements to the plant to ameliorate the stress condition;
wherein optionally the stress condition is a lack of water, and wherein activating the controller comprises activating an irrigation system to supply water to the plants, optionally where in the controller comprises a proportional-integral-derivative controller that can regulate activation and de-activation of the irrigation system based on continued monitoring of the plant health parameter.