plants-as-biosensors

NavarraBG

October 21, 2023
plants-as-biosensors, co2-detection, soil-pollutant-molecules
high-school

NavarraBG # Biogalaxy Project: Plants as Biosensors # Plants have amazing and significant sensing capabilities. We proposed the use of plants themselves as sensing devices to detect different compounds or environmental conditions. Using plant promoters that are activated in the presence of high concentrations of CO2, selected by the Navarra_BG team, we have produced Arabidopsis plants capable of acting as biosensors against this metabolite. The results obtained open new possibilities for the use of plants as biosensors for other soil pollutant molecules or specific conditions. ...