Plants feel down too! Stress in plants can now be measured
The technology is designed to detect stressful plant conditions, including drought, heat, cold and light stress
Boffins have invented a way of measuring stress in plants.
Researchers at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) have developed a portable optical sensor that can monitor whether a plant is under stress.
The study, which was published in the journal Scientific Reports, suggests the device can be used to detect stressful plant conditions, including drought, heat, cold and light stress.
The technology is designed to offer farmers and scientists a new tool for early diagnosis and real-time monitoring of plant health.