Smart Scale for Advanced Crop Growth Tracking in Real-Time
Greg Howard
16th March, 2024
Image Source: Natural Science News, 2024
Key Findings
- A new tool, LysipheN, measures how well plants use water, crucial for farming in a changing climate
- LysipheN is affordable, waterproof, and can monitor plants from seedling to maturity in various settings
- The device's successful tests on beans suggest it can be adapted for other crops to aid breeding
AgricultureBiotechPlant Science
References
Main Study
1) LysipheN: a gravimetric IoT device for near real-time high-frequency crop phenotyping: a case study on common beans.
Published 14th March, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-024-01170-x
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