Realization of energy-saving and high-efficiency cultivation technology using plant bioelectric potential.
Keywords: plant bioelectric potential, plant factory, cultivation environment control, photosynthetic activity, plant sensing
Since I was little, I have been close to animals and plants, and I have always been very interested in living organisms. Additionally, because I liked making things, I enrolled in the Teacher Training Course for Technical Subjects at Saitama University’s Faculty of Education. There, I encountered the theme of "plant bioelectric potential" for my graduation research. I learned that, just like human electrocardiograms and brain waves, plants also have electrical signals, and by observing these signals, it is possible to capture the state of the plants. I was fascinated by this concept. I realized that plant bioelectric potential responds sensitively to various changes in the surrounding environment, which means that plants are very high-precision sensors. This sparked my interest in developing sensor systems based on plants, and I am currently conducting research in the Faculty of Engineering. Research on plant bioelectric potential has few examples and many unclear points, but it has clarified relationships such as those with photosynthetic activity. I believe that by utilizing this in environmental control in agricultural settings, it can become a groundbreaking technology that contributes to energy-saving and high-efficiency cultivation techniques. Therefore, I am advancing my research every day.
- Company：埼玉大学 オープンイノベーションセンター
- Price：Other
