Publication date: 15th December 2025
The climate change and growing population call for plants with increased tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress and for plants with higher productivity. I will present our recent advancements on interfacing bioelectronic tools with model plant systems with the aim to enable new discoveries and possibilities in plant science. We recently developed conformable multielectrode arrays based on organic electronics for large-scale and high-resolution plant electrophysiology. This technology enabled us to performed precise spatiotemporal mapping of the action potential in Venus flytrap, a model system for fast electrical signalling, and to reveal key properties of the AP. Currently we are extending the application of this technology to other plant species with the aim to contribute to the mechanistic understanding of long-distance responses in plants particularly related to environmental stress. Apart from monitoring electrical signals we also used electric field to stimulate plants. We developed a bioelectronic platform, the eSoil, that stimulates the growth of plants in hydroponics culture, increasing their biomass by 50%. This work opens the pathway for enhancing plant growth in hydroponics using materials science and bioelectronics that may result in more sustainable food production.
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