Plants Respond to Leaf Vibrations Caused by Insects' Chewing (VIDEO)

University of Missouri-Columbia

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Experiments by Heidi Appel and Rex Cocroft at the University of Missouri mark the first time scientists have shown that a plant responds to an ecologically relevant sound in its environment. Appel is an MU Bond Life Sciences Center researcher and Cocroft is a professor of biological sciences at MU.

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Roger Meissen, Nathan Hurst

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