Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Chemical Society developed an innovative plant detector that empowers farmers and home gardeners by helping them ...

Environmental conditions can cause damaging stress to plants, posing challenges for home gardeners and farmers. Therefore, early detection — before leaves visibly discolor, wilt or wither — is crucial ...

Researchers have developed a near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent nanosensor capable of simultaneously detecting and differentiating between iron forms—Fe(II) and Fe(III)—in living plants. The paper, ...

Soil salinity is a critical concern in agriculture when excessive soluble salts restrict a plant's water uptake, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, hindering crop growth and reducing ...

Precision farming is an optimized management farming scheme that seeks to link the real-time needs of crops with the nutrients to be administered. Sensing platforms that can monitor the physiological ...

Microneedle nanosensor patches detect fusaric acid in living plants, revealing fungal infection before visible symptoms ...

Researchers at the São Carlos Institute of Physics at the University of São Paulo (IFSC-USP) in Brazil, led by Paulo Augusto Raymundo-Pereira, have created biodegradable, "wearable" sensors for plants ...

A research team from Zhejiang University has developed an implantable and self-powered sensing system for the continuous in vivo monitoring of dynamic hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) levels in plants, with ...