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. 2023 Sep;28(9):984-986.
doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.05.015. Epub 2023 Jun 19.

Plants 'cry' for help through acoustic signals

Muhammad Waqas  1 , Dominique Van Der Straeten  2 , Christoph-Martin Geilfus  3
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Plants 'cry' for help through acoustic signals

Muhammad Waqas et al. Trends Plant Sci. 2023 Sep.

Abstract

Plants perceive sounds, while responses to these sounds were already known. A breakthrough is the discovery by Khait et al. that stressed plants emit various informative ultrasonic sound signals, which can be categorized according to plant species, stress type, and stress severity. This discovery may change how plants are cultivated.

Keywords: cavitation; inter-kingdom communication; plant acoustics; sound emission; stress signaling.

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