Agriculture in a POCT: precision agriculture using low-cost microfluidic Paper-based analytical devices for chemical analysis

• Grant number: 17/19413-4
• Support type: Research Grants - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation - PITE
• Duration: November 01, 2018 - October 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Cooperation agreement: IBM Brasil
• Principal researcher: Emanuel Carrilho
• Grantee: Emanuel Carrilho
• Home Institution: Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Company: IBM Brasil - Indústria, Máquinas e Serviços Ltda
• City: São Carlos
• Pesquisadores principais: João Do Espirito Santo Batista Neto
• Assoc. researchers: Cleyton Nascimento Makara ; Dalia Melissa Bonilla Correa ; Gustavo Carlos Buscaglia

Abstract

The world's population expands rapidly and will reach 8,5 billion people in 2030, compared to 7.3 billion today, due to improvements in public health and reduction of child mortality. With such a significant growth of the world population, food supply becomes vital. Agriculture plays a vital role in providing food in society and the economy; however, monitoring soil nutrients for good production is indispensable and essential. The development of a paper-based platform for simultaneous nutrient determination associated with the use of portable detectors capable of transmitting digital information over existing communication channels provides an integrated approach for detection in remote regions. The primary interest in paper-based microfluidic devices is due to their portability, biodegradability, low-weight, low-cost and simplicity. The use of simple colorimetric reactions enables its development and application in the industrial, environmental, and agricultural areas. The data once collected can be employed in the modeling of the spatial distribution of nutrients in the territory under study and later correction through the use of geostatistics. Due to the relevance of agriculture, this project aims to develop a low-cost platform focused on the determination of phosphate, nitrate, nitrite, potassium, borate, iron, manganese, cobalt, copper, and zinc in the soil. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

RAFANHIN SOUSA, ANA CAROLINA; MAKARA, CLEYTON NASCIMENTO; BRAZACA, LAIS CANNIATTI; CARRILHO, EMANUEL. A colorimetric microfluidic paper-based analytical device for sulfonamides in cow milk using enzymatic inhibition. Food Chemistry, v. 356, SEP 15 2021. Web of Science Citations: 1.