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ReviewNature communications2026

Cellulose-based sensors for decentralized monitoring in precision agriculture.

Mirinal K Rayappa, José M R Flauzino, Max Grell, Firat Güder

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Review in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mirinal K Rayappa *Department of Bioengineering, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, London, UK.
José M R Flauzino *Department of Bioengineering, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0437-4435
Max GrellDepartment of Bioengineering, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Firat GüderDepartment of Bioengineering, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, London, UK. guder@ic.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5454-0609

Funding

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-038695Gates Foundation INV-038695
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modern agriculture requires rapid, affordable tools to monitor crops and soils directly in the field. Cellulose, the structural polymer of plants, is emerging as a versatile foundation for lightweight, biodegradable sensors that measure nutrients, moisture, stress, and disease without laboratory infrastructure. Spanning simple paper assays to flexible wearables, these platforms enable distributed, real-time insight into plant and soil health. As materials engineering converges with digital connectivity, cellulose-based sensors could accelerate the transition toward more data-driven, adaptive, and sustainable agricultural systems.

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AgricultureBiosensing TechniquesCelluloseCrops, AgriculturalSoilCelluloseSoil

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PMID41826290
PMCPMC13125288

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