Projects
Plants as intelligent sensors for precision agriculture Ghent University
Plants are complex non-linear dynamical systems that interact with their environment. I propose that this interaction can be modelled by means of physical reservoir computing. A framework will be designed that captures embodied plant intelligence using a limited set of sensors. This framework
will then be employed to perform greenhouse climate control, optimising crop growth conditions for precision agriculture.
Development of Low-Cost Sensors and Monitoring Systems for Rural Wastewater Treatment Plants Ghent University
Low-cost monitoring systems for rural wastewater treatment plants will be developed. Partners will gather information about relevant techniques, develop and build several prototypes, and compare their field performance with lab-grade reference sensors. Selected devices will be commercialized.
INTELSENS - Intelligent integration of online sensors in industrial wastewater treatment plants University of Antwerp
Validation of a plant movement sensor as a novel stress diagnostic tool for smart farming applications in horticulture KU Leuven
Plant diagnostics via a gradient transpiration sensor for smart-farming (PlaCare) KU Leuven
In recent years, precision-based solutions and automation are revolutionizing crop production systems towards smart farming. Especially horticulture is rapidly transitioning towards high-level control of environmental conditions to optimize yield margins and sustainability. These systems are based on climate and fertigation control, but mostly do not take into account specific plant processes. Physiological processes such as transpiration are ...
Complex dynamics and regulation of the plant energy sensor SnRK1 KU Leuven
The plant SnRK1 (SNF-related kinase1) kinases are highly conserved cellular fuel gauges. In energy-depleting stress conditions, they stimulate catabolic reactions while repressing energy-consuming anabolic processes, shifting the balance from growth to survival. Consistent with their unique lifestyle, plants also have evolved specific regulatory mechanisms. Rather than being activated upon energy deficit, SnRK1 is repressed under conditions ...
Upstream regulators of the plant energy sensor SnRK1 KU Leuven
Plants arguably are the most crucial organisms to support life on Earth because of their conversion of electro-magnetic energy (sunlight) into chemical energy (energy-rich carbohydrates) by photosynthesis and the associated release of oxygen. In addition, they produce innumerable renewable food, feed, fiber and fuel products and resources for mankind. Unlike most other organisms, autotrophic plants have a sessile (rooted) lifestyle. It is ...
Complex dynamics and regulation of the plant energy sensor SnRK1 Ghent University
The plant SnRK1 (SNF-related kinase1) kinases are highly conserved cellular fuel gauges In energy-depleting stress conditions, they stimulate catabolic reactions while repressing energy-consuming anabolic processes, shifting the balance from growth to survival Consistent with their unique lifestyle, plants also have evolved specific regulatory mechanisms Rather than being activated upon energy deficit, SnRK1 is repressed under conditions of ...
Complex dynamics and regulation of the plant energy sensor SnRK1 KU Leuven
The plant SnRK1 (SNF-related kinase1) kinases are highly conserved cellular fuel gauges. In energy-depleting stress conditions, they stimulate catabolic reactions while repressing energy-consuming anabolic processes, shifting the balance from growth to survival. Consistent with their unique lifestyle, plants also have evolved specific regulatory mechanisms. Rather than being activated upon energy deficit, SnRK1 is repressed under conditions ...