US EditionFirst Scientific Evidence of Auditory Interaction Between Plants and Animals
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, ISRAEL, JUL 15 – Female moths avoid laying eggs on tomato plants emitting ultrasonic distress signals, showing the first evidence of acoustic plant-insect communication, researchers reported in eLife.
- Researchers at Tel Aviv University published a 2024 study showing female moths respond to ultrasonic distress sounds emitted by tomato plants.
- This study followed a prior discovery that plants produce ultrasonic sounds when stressed, leading researchers to test if insects detect and react to these sounds.
- Female moths avoided laying eggs on plants emitting ultrasonic distress signals, preferring silent, healthy plants in controlled experiments using playback sounds.
- Prof. Yovel of Tel Aviv University highlighted that this research is the initial evidence showing an animal reacting to sounds generated by a plant, confirming acoustic communication between plants and insects.
- The findings highlight new opportunities for pest management in agriculture and emphasize a largely uncharted area involving sound-based interactions between plants and animals.
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Animals react to sounds that plants emit, as suggested by a new investigation, opening up the possibility of an invisible ecosystem among them. As first evidence of this, a team from Tel Aviv University discovered that female moths avoided laying their eggs on certain tomato plants if they were emitting noises associated with distress, something that might indicate that they are sick.The team was the first to demonstrate two years ago that plant…
When plants talk, insects listen, study finds
The study focused on moths, which lay their eggs on tomato plants to provide food for their larvae after they hatch. Photo: Reuters There is evidence that plants and insects interact through sound, researchers at Tel Aviv University say, opening a new frontier in the study of acoustic communication in nature.
Scientists have shown that plants "scream" when they are not feeling well. New results also suggest that animals react to the sounds. This opens up the possibility that an invisible ecosystem exists, writes the BBC. - You can imagine that there could be many complicated interactions, and this is the first step, says Professor Yossi Yovel at Tel Aviv University to the British television channel.
▶️ Plants would emit sounds when they are in poor health, distress calls that some animals are able to pick up. Behaviour that both parties would benefit from. This is what a team of scientists suggests in a recent study. - Animals react to sounds made by plants, according to a new study (Sciences).
Israeli research finds that when plants talk, insects listen
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -There is evidence that plants and insects interact through sound, researchers at Tel Aviv University said on Tuesday, opening a new frontier in the study of acoustic communication in nature.
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