In vivo BIO-IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT IS A NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHOD USED IN PLANT DIAGNOSIS: REVIEW OF BIOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES IN PLANTS
SAID LAARABI *
Department of Biology, University Mohammed V, Faculty of Sciences, Rabat, Morocco
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
We applied in vivo impedance measurement in the entire plant. We aim to emphasize the value and the importance of applying the electrical bio-impedance measurement of the root and the first leaf of a wheat plant aged 14 days as a sample, compared to classical biophysical methods in plants, for instance electrical action potential. We conclude that bio-impedance measurement is a non-destructive biophysical technique. And it can be useful in plant organ diagnosis and their physiological states. There is a significant difference between electrical parameters of different organs that can be used to characterize each one of them.
Keywords: In vivo electrical bio-impedance, physiological state, plant organ diagnosis, biophysical techniques, plant electrical signals