Sentinel plants enable quantitative monitoring of bioavailable nitrate in soils and microbial environments
Eugene Li, Chiara Berruto, Mehmet Tufan Öz, Elisa Grillo, Catherine Griffin, Yunqing Wang, Kimberley T Muchenje, Jolie Jones, Gözde S. Demirer
This paper introduces sentinel plants as living biosensors to monitor bioavailable nitrate in soils and microbial environments, identifying a microbial consortium that enhances plant growth.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jul 23, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering