Summary
This project is a smart-agriculture collaboration between Purdue University and Bayer Crop Science that will create an integrated network of small, plant-wearable sensors to improve early pest damage detection in agriculture. When insects attack a plant, the plant releases specific volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as a distress call. The proposed sensor system can identify these VOC signatures in real time. Each sensor is built with advanced nanomaterials and is flexible enough to attach to a corn plant’s leaves or stalk like a tiny sticker. The sensors are designed to be highly sensitive and
