Authors: Rishi Kumar
Abstract: Timely detection of plant stress is a major challenge in agriculture, as conventional monitoring methods rely on visible symptoms that often appear after irreversible physiological damage has occurred. This delay contributes to significant crop losses, inefficient water use, and reduced agricultural sustainability. PhytoLink is a conceptual plant-monitoring system designed to address this limitation by translating plants’ internal electrical signals into early, actionable warnings. Plants generate distinct bioelectrical responses to stress factors such as water deficiency, disease onset, and environmental changes, which can be detected before external symptoms become visible. PhytoLink proposes a non-invasive bio-electronic interface that captures these electrical signals, processes them using signal analysis techniques, and delivers clear alerts to farmers and gardeners, enabling intervention more than 48 hours in advance. By shifting plant care from reactive to proactive management, PhytoLink has the potential to reduce crop losses by 30–50%, conserve water resources, and improve decision-making in precision agriculture. This paper presents the conceptual framework, working principle, applications, and future scope of PhytoLink as an innovative tool for sustainable and intelligent plant care.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18045548
