Israeli trees go high tech and text farmers when thirsty

Measuring tree water content, says the plant and soil specialist, is "complicated and takes a lot of time until you get a 'true' measurement, because there are many varying parameters involved." Whether the information collected will be transmitted by SMS (short message service, a communication service standardized in the GSM mobile communication system, using standardized communications protocols), e-mail, fax, or sent to switch on an automated tap, is a matter of simple programming.