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Is it possible for a plant to reveal whether it is distressed or healthy via electrical current? A chance set of circumstances that involved family history, personal health, and the COVID-19 lockdown have led electrical engineer James Reynoldsto conduct research that teams biology and electricity to better understand plants’ health and hydration.
In a forthcoming paper for IEEE Transactions on AgriFood Electronics (TAFE), Reynolds, a postdoctoral research scholar at North Carolina State University, and his fellow researchers developed a real-time method for detecting plant stress.
Continuous monitoring might be the breakthrough that agricultural scientists and plant breeders need to develop drought-tolerant crops or more bountiful yields. Click ‘Read More’ for further details.
Bioimpedance, measuring how living tissues respond to an alternating current or voltage, is currently used in clinical tools to assess various physiological markers in the human body. This article focuses on how bioimpedance can be used to gauge the hydration and health of crops and top grain cultivars, such as corn and soybeans. There is a lot at stake for world hunger as well as the burgeoning field of precision agriculture. This research could be the tipping point in developing robust farming and smart agriculture strategies that better address our planet’s evolving needs, including disruptive weather patterns.
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