TY - GEN
T1 - Indoor Plant Health Monitoring System using NDVI Imaging, PMFC Sensing and Soil Moisture Data
AU - Hess, Daniel
AU - Gonzalez, Ariadna
AU - Briones, Alan
AU - Navarro, Joan
AU - Groen, Daniel
AU - Roccotiello, Enrica
AU - Conserva, Andrea
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 IEEE.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Monitoring plant health is essential for ecosystem stability and sustainable environments. While satellite-based systems like Copernicus support large-scale outdoor vegetation analysis, indoor plants require localized, high-resolution monitoring. This work presents an Indoor Plant Health Monitoring System, designed to assess plant health through a combination of image processing, plant-microbial interaction information and environmental conditions monitoring. The system integrates a high-quality camera with a red-filter lens for Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) imaging of the plant, a Plant Microbial Fuel Cell (PMFC) for the potential bioelectricity generation from the plant-microbial activity in the rhizosphere and a soil moisture sensor for humidity monitoring. Experimental results on a Pothos plant demonstrate that the system can detect plant stress early, with PMFC Open Cell Voltage changes occurring 12-24 hours before visible NDVI alterations. The integration of multiple data sources enables detailed insights into plant responses to environmental changes and supports timely interventions.
AB - Monitoring plant health is essential for ecosystem stability and sustainable environments. While satellite-based systems like Copernicus support large-scale outdoor vegetation analysis, indoor plants require localized, high-resolution monitoring. This work presents an Indoor Plant Health Monitoring System, designed to assess plant health through a combination of image processing, plant-microbial interaction information and environmental conditions monitoring. The system integrates a high-quality camera with a red-filter lens for Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) imaging of the plant, a Plant Microbial Fuel Cell (PMFC) for the potential bioelectricity generation from the plant-microbial activity in the rhizosphere and a soil moisture sensor for humidity monitoring. Experimental results on a Pothos plant demonstrate that the system can detect plant stress early, with PMFC Open Cell Voltage changes occurring 12-24 hours before visible NDVI alterations. The integration of multiple data sources enables detailed insights into plant responses to environmental changes and supports timely interventions.
KW - environmental monitoring
KW - environmental sustainability
KW - NDVI image processing
KW - Open Cell Voltage
KW - Plant health monitoring
KW - Plant Microbial Fuel Cell
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105015976096
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/5734
U2 - 10.1109/MetroInd4.0IoT66048.2025.11122065
DO - 10.1109/MetroInd4.0IoT66048.2025.11122065
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105015976096
T3 - 2025 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 and IoT, MetroInd4.0 and IoT 2025 - Proceedings
SP - 190
EP - 195
BT - 2025 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 and IoT, MetroInd4.0 and IoT 2025 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 8th IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 and IoT, MetroInd4.0 and IoT 2025
Y2 - 1 July 2025 through 3 July 2025
ER -