Plant Sciences

A wearable plant sensor: NCSU engineers design patch to monitor for diseases, other stress factors

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jul 8, 2021

RALEIGH – Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a patch that plants can “wear” to monitor continuously for plant diseases or other stresses, such as crop damage or extreme heat. “We’ve created a wearable sensor that monitors plant stress and disease in a noninvasive way by measuring the...

New NCSU simulation tool could help fight pest, disease attacks on crops, forests

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jun 4, 2021

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a computer simulation tool to predict when and where pests and diseases will attack crops or forests, and also test when to apply pesticides or other management strategies to contain them.

Pairwise, NCSU seek genes that determine the berry best

Posted by WRAL News | Aug 2, 2019

Their study will include two years of field testing with more than 300 unique species and accessions of Rubus to identify and characterize their genetic diversity.