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20 January 2021
Smart agriculture: Listening to the needs of plants
Agriculture and horticulture are not always efficient. Often times, small adjustments may lead to big improvements in yield and sustainability.
But which adjustments are those? Under the umbrella of the 4TU Plantenna programme, researchers are developing techniques to extract information from plants about what they need. ‘If you wait until their needs shows on the outside, you're actually too late.’
In 4TU.techtalk #3 Gerard Verbiest (4TU Plantenna/ TU Delft) and Jan Westra (Priva) discuss smart agriculture.
Plants produce sounds when they experience stress. I’m not kidding. The evaporation in their leaves creates a pulling force in the plant vessels.
Gerard Verbiest
