Editing Drip irrigation (section)

====Drip tape====
In the United States, the first [[drip tape]], called ''Dew Hose'', was developed by Richard Chapin and Jaime Leal-Diaz of Chapin Watermatics in the early 1960s.<ref>{{cite patent|title=Drip irrigation tape|pubdate=1989-02-28 |url=http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4807668.html |inventor-last=Roberts|inventor-first=James C.|number=4807668|country=US}}</ref><ref>{{cite patent|title=Hoses for irrigation by dripping and the like and the process to manufacture the same |pubdate=1977-09-13 |url=http://www.google.com/patents/US4047995 |inventor-last=Leal-Diaz|inventor-first=Jaime|country=US|number=4047995}}</ref> The evolution of drip tape which made large-scale adoption and use possible was the introduction of T-Tape in 1987 by [[Rivulis|Plastro Irrigation]], that had the first slit outlet and a laminar flow track which later evolved into a turbulent flow regulating flow track. Chapin Watermatics was acquired by [[Jain Irrigation Systems|Jain Irrigation]] in 2006 and is housed under its US subsidiary Jain Irrigation Inc, USA.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/jain-irrigation-buys-chapin-for-6-mn-106050300023_1.html|title=Jain Irrigation buys Chapin for $6 mn|agency=Press Trust of India|date=3 May 2006|work=Business Standard India|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newaginternational.com/index.php/en/news/news-from-the-market/91-jain-irrigation-announces-acquisition-of-chapin-watermatics-inc |title=New AG International – Jain Irrigation Announces Acquisition of Chapin Watermatics Inc. |website=www.newaginternational.com|language=en-gb|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=30 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930222406/https://www.newaginternational.com/index.php/en/news/news-from-the-market/91-jain-irrigation-announces-acquisition-of-chapin-watermatics-inc|url-status=dead}}</ref>

First introduced in California in the late 1960s, only 5% of irrigated land used this system as of 1988. By 2010, 40% of irrigated land in California used this system.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url= https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/205320/files/Diffusion_of_Process_Innovation_AAEA2015.pdf |title= The Diffusion of Process Innovation: The Case of Drip Irrigation in California |first1= Taylor |last1= Zilberman |first2= Rebecca |last2= David |date=26 July 2015}}</ref>