Uploaded July 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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http://www.astropage.eu/index_news.php?id=1528 Pflanzen reagieren auf Fressvibrationen von Raupen

Previous studies have suggested that plant growth can be influenced by sound and that plants respond to wind and touch. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri, in a collaboration that brings together audio and chemical analysis, have determined that plants respond to the sounds that caterpillars make when eating plants and that the plants respond with more defenses.

Credit: University of Missouri