Teixeira Samiris Côcco, Gomes Nathalia O, de Oliveira Taíla Veloso, Soares Nilda F F, Raymundo-Pereira Paulo A
Food Technology Departament, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida PH Holfs s/n, Campus Universitário, 36570-000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Sao Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo, CEP 13566-590 Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Anal Chem. 2025 Jul 22;97(28):14875-14884. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c01565. Epub 2025 Jun 20.
Wearable sensors are emerging and innovative tools in the realm of agriculture, offering new opportunities for sustainable plant monitoring practices. This perspective explores wearable sensor technology in plant monitoring to promote environmental sustainability and enhance agricultural productivity. Wearable sensors, capable of continuously tracking plant health indicators such as salinity, diseases, metabolites, pH, ions, pathogens, pesticides, parasites, phytohormones, nutrient status, moisture levels, and pest activity, provide real-time information to make precise and timely decisions. Farmers can use the diverse collected data to enhance resource use, reducing waste and the environmental impact of agricultural practices. Here, we highlight the current advancements in wearable sensor technology and explore potential applications in diverse agricultural settings, with the challenges and opportunities to be addressed to fully implement by the farming community. We also emphasize the sustainable and biodegradable substrates/supports relying on eco-friendly polymeric materials for the fabrication of cost-effective, flexible, durable, stable, and easily deployable sensor systems, which can be extensively applied by the agrifood sector. We provide a forward-looking perspective on how wearable sensors can contribute to more sustainable and efficient plant monitoring practices in precision agriculture. Given the disruptive innovation, wearable plant sensors were highlighted as Top 10 Emerging Technologies by World Economic Forum in 2023.
可穿戴传感器是农业领域新兴的创新工具，为可持续的植物监测实践带来了新机遇。本文探讨了用于植物监测的可穿戴传感器技术，以促进环境可持续性并提高农业生产力。可穿戴传感器能够持续跟踪植物健康指标，如盐度、病害、代谢物、pH值、离子、病原体、农药、寄生虫、植物激素、营养状况、水分水平和害虫活动等，提供实时信息以便做出精确及时的决策。农民可以利用收集到的各种数据来提高资源利用效率，减少浪费以及农业实践对环境的影响。在此，我们重点介绍可穿戴传感器技术的当前进展，并探讨其在不同农业环境中的潜在应用，以及农业社区全面实施该技术需要应对的挑战和机遇。我们还强调了依靠环保聚合物材料制造具有成本效益、灵活、耐用、稳定且易于部署的传感器系统的可持续和可生物降解的基材/支撑体，这些系统可被农业食品部门广泛应用。我们对可穿戴传感器如何为精准农业中更可持续、高效的植物监测实践做出贡献提供了前瞻性观点。鉴于其颠覆性创新，可穿戴植物传感器在2023年被世界经济论坛列为十大新兴技术之一。
