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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Mon Apr 17, 2017, 04:22 PM Apr 2017

Plants use acoustic vibes to find a drink

Plant are tuned in to acoustic vibrations, and they can hear when the vibes are good. The roots listen for signals of water to drink, according to scientists.

A new study from the University of Western Australia’s Center for Evolutionary Biology, published in Oecologia on April 5, examined whether plants tune in to sound when seeking water. Plant cognition researchers, led by Monica Gagliano, found that plant root systems travel toward water sources by sensing acoustic vibrations.

In other words, plants respond to the sounds rather than the presence of moisture, as if they can feel sound. The team played water flowing through a sink and a recording of the same sound to common pea plants with roots separated in tubes and examined how the roots responded. The scientists found that root systems did not grow toward the recorded sound but did grow toward the water flowing through a sink. They could distinguish between fake water sounds and the real thing.

“It was…extraordinary and surprising that the plant could actually tell when the sound of running water was a recording and when it was real, and that the plant did not like the recorded sound,” writes Gagliano.

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https://qz.com/959888/a-new-scientific-study-find-that-plant-roots-follow-acoustic-vibes-to-find-a-drink/

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Plants use acoustic vibes to find a drink (Original Post) n2doc Apr 2017 OP
Wow...fascinating!! Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #1
So I read stuff like this and think ..... PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #2
... Duppers Apr 2017 #3
This post needs some George Frederick Handel. longship Apr 2017 #4
I see you one Handel and raise you one Einauldi SwissTony Apr 2017 #5

PsychoBabble

(837 posts)
2. So I read stuff like this and think .....
Mon Apr 17, 2017, 05:13 PM
Apr 2017
How can you NOT like Science??!!

It is just intriguing, if your mind has ANY capacity for inquisitiveness.

Prolly why I don't get Conservatives at all ....

longship

(40,416 posts)
4. This post needs some George Frederick Handel.
Mon Apr 17, 2017, 06:55 PM
Apr 2017

Last edited Mon Apr 17, 2017, 09:31 PM - Edit history (2)

"Water Music"
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Handel was one of the greatest orchestrators in history. His dance suites, like this one, are astounding.

Always play this one for your plants. Maybe help show them the way. If they start doing a minuet, you'll know that they're on the way.

As always, my best to you all.


On edit: change to Trevor Pinnick performance.

Shall we dance?

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
5. I see you one Handel and raise you one Einauldi
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 05:56 AM
Apr 2017


Note: the piece is called "Petrichor" with an "h" but for some reason, every clip on YT has the wrong title.

And what is Petrichor? It's the smell of rain on dry soil!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor

BTW, thanks for posting Handel. It's been too long since I last listened.
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