Highly Sensitive Measurement of Bio-Electric Potentials by Boron-Doped Diamond (BDD) Electrodes for Plant Monitoring
We describe a sensitive plant monitoring system by the detection of the bioelectric potentials in plants with boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes. For sensor electrodes, we used commercially available BDD, Ag, and Pt plate electrodes. We tested this approach on a hybrid species in the genus Opuntia...
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| author | Tsuyoshi Ochiai Shoko Tago Mio Hayashi Akira Fujishima |
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| description | We describe a sensitive plant monitoring system by the detection of the bioelectric potentials in plants with boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes. For sensor electrodes, we used commercially available BDD, Ag, and Pt plate electrodes. We tested this approach on a hybrid species in the genus Opuntia (potted) and three different trees (ground-planted) at different places in Japan. For the Opuntia, we artificially induced bioelectric potential changes by the surface potential using the fingers. We detected substantial changes in bioelectric potentials through all electrodes during finger touches on the surface of potted Opuntia hybrid plants, although the BDD electrodes were several times more sensitive to bioelectric potential change compared to the other electrodes. Similarly for ground-planted trees, we found that both BDD and Pt electrodes detected bioelectric potential change induced by changing environmental factors (temperature and humidity) for months without replacing/removing/changing electrodes, BDD electrodes were 5–10 times more sensitive in this detection than Pt electrodes. Given these results, we conclude that BDD electrodes on live plant tissue were able to consistently detect bioelectrical potential changes in plants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dd6997461b864a13aaa7996a01b6e96c2022-12-22T02:52:59ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202015-10-011510269212692810.3390/s151026921s151026921Highly Sensitive Measurement of Bio-Electric Potentials by Boron-Doped Diamond (BDD) Electrodes for Plant MonitoringTsuyoshi Ochiai0Shoko Tago1Mio Hayashi2Akira Fujishima3Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, KSP Building East 407, 3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-0012, JapanKanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, KSP Building East 407, 3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-0012, JapanKanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, KSP Building East 407, 3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-0012, JapanKanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, KSP Building East 407, 3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-0012, JapanWe describe a sensitive plant monitoring system by the detection of the bioelectric potentials in plants with boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes. For sensor electrodes, we used commercially available BDD, Ag, and Pt plate electrodes. We tested this approach on a hybrid species in the genus Opuntia (potted) and three different trees (ground-planted) at different places in Japan. For the Opuntia, we artificially induced bioelectric potential changes by the surface potential using the fingers. We detected substantial changes in bioelectric potentials through all electrodes during finger touches on the surface of potted Opuntia hybrid plants, although the BDD electrodes were several times more sensitive to bioelectric potential change compared to the other electrodes. Similarly for ground-planted trees, we found that both BDD and Pt electrodes detected bioelectric potential change induced by changing environmental factors (temperature and humidity) for months without replacing/removing/changing electrodes, BDD electrodes were 5–10 times more sensitive in this detection than Pt electrodes. Given these results, we conclude that BDD electrodes on live plant tissue were able to consistently detect bioelectrical potential changes in plants.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/10/26921Boron-doped Diamond (BDD) electrodesbio-electric potentialsplant monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Tsuyoshi Ochiai Shoko Tago Mio Hayashi Akira Fujishima Highly Sensitive Measurement of Bio-Electric Potentials by Boron-Doped Diamond (BDD) Electrodes for Plant Monitoring Sensors Boron-doped Diamond (BDD) electrodes bio-electric potentials plant monitoring |
| title | Highly Sensitive Measurement of Bio-Electric Potentials by Boron-Doped Diamond (BDD) Electrodes for Plant Monitoring |
| title_full | Highly Sensitive Measurement of Bio-Electric Potentials by Boron-Doped Diamond (BDD) Electrodes for Plant Monitoring |
| title_fullStr | Highly Sensitive Measurement of Bio-Electric Potentials by Boron-Doped Diamond (BDD) Electrodes for Plant Monitoring |
| title_full_unstemmed | Highly Sensitive Measurement of Bio-Electric Potentials by Boron-Doped Diamond (BDD) Electrodes for Plant Monitoring |
| title_short | Highly Sensitive Measurement of Bio-Electric Potentials by Boron-Doped Diamond (BDD) Electrodes for Plant Monitoring |
| title_sort | highly sensitive measurement of bio electric potentials by boron doped diamond bdd electrodes for plant monitoring |
| topic | Boron-doped Diamond (BDD) electrodes bio-electric potentials plant monitoring |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/10/26921 |
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