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Real-time monitoring of plant signals

Plant electrophysiology has been a field of study for over a century, but progress in decoding plant signals has been limited. Now, Vivent Biosignals, along with other forward-thinking companies and researchers, are now making significant advances in understanding and decoding these signals and linking them to specific plant responses. Our advanced biosensors are designed to capture plant signals with precision, suitable for both soft-stemmed and woody species, regardless of size. Whether you’re working in a controlled lab environment or in the field, Vivent Biosignals provides flexible options for your research. Our biosensors are available for lease or purchase, and come with access to a user-friendly and interactive analytics dashboard. This dashboard enables you to visualize plant signals, perform advanced statistical and machine learning analyses and monitor your experiments remotely via LiveView.

Plant electrophysiology provides a real-time, whole-plant perspective — bridging molecular biology, ecology, and applied agronomy.
It helps answer questions from “How do plants respond to stimuli?” to “How can we grow food with fewer inputs under climate change?”

Key academic interests in plant Electrophysiology

1. Fundamental Plant Biology
  • Understanding how plants perceive and process stimuli (light, touch, drought, pathogens).
  • Studying how electrical signals (action potentials, variation potentials, systemic potentials) propagate through tissues.
  • Linking electrophysiological signals to plant hormone pathways (ABA, auxin, ethylene).
2. Stress Physiology
  • Detecting early responses to biotic stress (pathogens, insects).
  • Monitoring abiotic stress (drought, salinity, temperature extremes, heavy metals).
  • Linking stress responses to electrophysiological markers that can be measured before visual symptoms.
  • Screening for more resilient varieties more quickly by tracking crop stress in real-time.
  • Identifying genotypic differences using plant signals.
  • Using electrophysiology as a phenotyping tool in breeding programs.
  • Connecting electrophysiological signals with stomatal dynamics and CO₂ uptake.
  • Exploring how plants regulate energy balance under different light, water or nutrient conditions.
  • Studying how plants optimize resource allocation
  • Real-time measurement of plant defenses during microbial infection.
  • Electrical responses to pests (aphids, thrips, stinkbugs, nematodes, rootworms, beetles).
  • Symbiotic signaling (mycorrhizae, rhizobia).
  • Developing bio-based, sensor-driven tools for precision agriculture and wide scale environmental monitoring.
  • Encouraging use of environmentally preferable crop treatments by detecting stressors and plant needs earlier.
  • Delivering plant driven systems to guide irrigation, fertilisation or lighting

Capture biosignals from your crop:
 Strawberries Apples Grapes Oranges Tomatoes Potato Vines Cucumbers Orchids Tulips

How it works

Constant communication between the roots and shoots

Plants communicate internally using electrical, mechanical and chemical signals, responding to stimuli with characteristic electrical wave patterns. By monitoring 16-32 plants per hectare throughout the crop cycle, our technology provides real-time data on plant health and responses to crop treatments and threats, allowing you to respond effectively to their needs. By utilizing innovative electronics and AI, Vivent Biosensors detect abiotic stresses like drought and nutrient deficits, as well as biotic stresses such as nematodes and aphids. Vivent Biosignals crop health metrics integrate with decision support tools, enabling an immediate assessment of crop treatment efficacy, leading to increased yields and improved crop protection.
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Plant activity

Vivent Biosignals’ sensors measure high-resolution plant signals, providing a unique insight into plant activity across varying time scales—from seconds to seasonal changes. These signals reveal how plants respond to stresses, light, irrigation, climate, and temperature shifts. We have developed tools to identify and evaluate patterns in these signals, offering direct feedback on plant activity.

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Two key activity metrics are particularly valuable for growers and researchers:

Daily amplitude: This metric reflects the variations in measurements over a 24-hour period, a strong indicator of a plant’s photosynthetic performance and growth. It enables growers to evaluate how efficiently plants utilize available resources and light.

Fast activity: This measures quantifying changes in the second to minute range, emerging as a strong indicator of acute and longer lasting stresses. Unfavorable temperatures, light or water stress all cause an increase in the fast activity, making this metric a valuable tool to recognize acute stress.

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Proven research

Published research

At Vivent Biosignals, we’re proud to collaborate with global partners like you to overcome challenges and unlock the full potential of your research practices. See our latest published research below.

Research publication bundle 2019

Explore a comprehensive bundle of 5 research papers on plant electrophysiology, providing in-depth insights into the latest assessments and discoveries

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Research publication bundle 2024

Explore a comprehensive bundle of 5 research papers on plant electrophysiology, providing in-depth insights into the latest assessments and discoveries.

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Iodine’s role in Capsicum response to irrigation disruption and high temperature

We hypothesized that iodine deficiency impairs systemic signaling induced by abiotic stress due to its role in Ca2+ mediated signaling1.

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Nematode induced plant stress and nematicide efficacy

Real-time monitoring of nematode induced plant stress and nematicide efficacy using Vivent Biosignal’s revolutionary real-time crop monitoring solutions.

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