{"id":100606,"date":"2026-04-28T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=100606"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:30:09","slug":"cyborg-botany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyborg-botany\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyborg Botany"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cyborg Botany Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists across many institutions are exploring the cyborg botany field which transforms plants into living circuit boards.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cyborg Botany<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a hybrid system that <\/span><b>integrates living plants with electronic components<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an intersection of biology, materials science, and engineering.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The word \u2018cyborg\u2019 itself comes from \u2018cybernetic organism\u2019, a concept long associated with science fiction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its goal is to use <\/span><b>the biological processes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>living plants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and merge them with artificial electronic functionality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Working<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Embedding Nanowires and Electronic Transistors:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These can be directly embedded into plant cell walls, where they can function as biosensors, picking up biochemical changes as they happen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Polymers as living wires:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Certain conductive polymers such as PEDOT, a biodegradable, electrically conductive material, can act as living wires within plant tissue, carrying signals from the plant\u2019s cells to an external device.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plants face two broad types of stress: <\/span><b>biotic stress<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as pest infestations and disease, and <\/span><b>abiotic stress,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as drought and extreme temperatures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a sensor embedded in a crop plant <\/span><b>could flag a moisture deficit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or a disease signal days or weeks before the physical symptoms appear.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Farmers could intervene early <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by applying water and nutrients or treatments only where and when they are needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/cyborg-botany-how-scientists-are-turning-plants-into-circuit-boards\/article70909342.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyborg Botany is a hybrid system that integrates living plants with electronic components. 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