Sowing seeds for the future: The need for on-site plant diagnostics

Arabelle Cassedy; Ewen Mullins; Richard O'Kennedy

doi:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.02.014

Sowing seeds for the future: The need for on-site plant diagnostics

Biotechnol Adv. 2020 Mar-Apr:39:107358. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.02.014. Epub 2019 Feb 23.

Authors

Arabelle Cassedy¹, Ewen Mullins², Richard O'Kennedy³

Affiliations

¹ School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland.
² Plant Biotechnology Unit, Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oakpark, Carlow, Ireland.
³ School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; Hamad Bin Khalifa University and Research, Development and Innovation, Qatar Foundation, P O Box 5825, Doha, Qatar. Electronic address: richardokennedy@gmail.com.

PMID: 30802484
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.02.014

Abstract

Point-of-care technology is a term used to describe any treatment given at the "site-of-need". The span of point-of-care has broadened, growing from its current dominant usage in clinical settings to encompass many sectors, such as water and food testing. This review focuses on applications of point-of-care/use technology in phytodiagnostics, a field which requires accurate diagnostic systems with increasing urgency due to the demands of global food needs in conjunction with persistent crop loss due to pathogens and increased awareness of the environmental impacts of extensive agrochemical usage.

Keywords: Biosensors; Plant diagnostics; Point-of-care; Remote sensing; Site-of-need.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Biosensing Techniques
Plants*
Point-of-Care Systems
Seeds