MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611088542 A) filed by K. R. Mangalam University on July 20, 2026, for System For Pre-Symptomatic Plant Stress Detection By Micro-Climate And Response Signals.
Inventors include Dr. Rakhi Dua; Shivangi; Yash Tripathi; Putta Himesh Krishna; Aaron T Saju; and Rakshit Pal.
The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.
Abstract: Disclosed is a plant stress detection system, and a method and medium, for detecting plant stress before visible symptoms. A micro climate sensing unit senses ambient temperature and humidity local to a plant, and a plant response sensing unit senses a plant response signal, such as a leaf temperature from a non contact infrared sensor. A processing unit derives a micro climate quantity, such as a vapour pressure deficit, from the temperature and humidity, and computes a stress index from the deviation of the plant response signal from a value expected for the plant given that quantity, an elevated leaf temperature relative to the expected value indicating stress before a symptom appears. The processing unit classifies the stress index into levels by edge computing, issues an alert when a threshold is exceeded, transmits data to a remote server for display, and optionally actuates an irrigation or shading device.
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