PlantBit
Give plants a voice
DSS
We support farmers in reducing agriculture environmental impact
WATER SAVING
Reduction of water supply (-40%)
POLLUTION
REDUCTION
Reduction in fertilizers use
SDGs
The application of Bioristor
will address the UN sustainable development goals 2, 6 e 13
About Us
Welcome To PlantBit
What is Bioristor ?
BIORISTOR is an Organic Electrochemical Transistor (OECT) composed by a channel and a gate both functionalized through an organic polymer. Thanks to Bioristor we can increase agricolture sostenibility.
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Give plants a Voice
Why Bioristor
In Vivo
First sensor directly operable
in the plant stem
Biocompatible
Bioristor it is composed by a special material that ensure any rejection
from the plant tissues
Real Time
The sap is monitored continuously every 15 minutes to provide an early detection of health problems
IOT
A dedicated control unit readout the sensors and send data to a remote server
Crops
Where do we stand
Kiwi
Tomato
Apple
Olive tree
Grapes
Wheat
How does Bioristor work
Drought Stress
Bioristor allowed to detect the drought stress in tomato 30 hours before the onset of the drought occurrence. The Bioristor signal is correlated to the cations concentration in the transpiration stream.
Salinity Stress
In Arundo donax the application of Bioristor allowed to monitor the physiological changes occurring in the plant following saline stress.
Open Field Monitoring
In the field, Bioristor allowed for the monitoring for the entire life cycle in several crops. The response signal has been correlated with physiological and yield data.
In vivo Phenotyping
The use of Bioristor for in vivo phenotyping can optimize plant selection. The integration of bioristor in high throughput phenotyoping platform paves the way for the use of bioristor in-vivo phenotyping and breeding.
Team
Who we are
Filippo Vurro
CEO
Chemist & OECT expert
Nicola Coppedè
President
Physicist & OECT expert
Manuele Bettelli
Vice-President
Physicist & IoT expert
Michela Janni
Plant-Specialist
Plant Physiologist
Projects
Projects and Collaborations
PlanBit is a CNR spin-off. PlantBit team and IMEM-CNR institute deal with bioristors since many years. The team have worked and currently works in several projects and collaborations where the Bioristor is the driving force.
