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Stressed Plants Cry For Help

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Stressed Plants Cry For Help

truefusion
I was informed of this by PM, and i decided to look it up. Found several articles about it. It has been discovered that plants are capable of crying out for help.
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IT IS now possible to hear plants scream. Physicists at the University of Bonn have developed a device that listens to the stress responses of household plants. They hope it will reveal what makes so many geranium seedlings die after the long trip to Germany from their nurseries in the Mediterranean.

You can continue the story here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15320720.800.html

What do you guys/gals think about this?

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Hadi
I think that is really weird thing, I mean plants don't usually cry! Poor little plants, they maybe have been crying for help for millions of years and it is know that we find that out thanks to advanced tecnologies and people working at University of Bonn. So I think that the agriculture in all the world will get better and better because of discovering this thing.

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ghostrider
That's pretty weird but it sounds useful.

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lawmatchmaker
QUOTE(Hadi @ Jun 12 2006, 03:11 AM) *

I think that is really weird thing, I mean plants don't usually cry! Poor little plants, they maybe have been crying for help for millions of years and it is know that we find that out thanks to advanced tecnologies and people working at University of Bonn. So I think that the agriculture in all the world will get better and better because of discovering this thing.



I think if plants could talk...they would be COMPLAINING......imagining the poor forests that are logged everyday and the trees that are being cut down for furniture,houses,etc. Most of the time, we neglect our plants the most, we forget to water, fertilize, we let pests eat them, or sometimes we overwater. Most plants are exposed to the elements ,freezing cold, or blazing hot. One thing I know for sure, in my next life I don't want to be a plant.

 

 

 


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FLaKes
OMG! I feel so shocked, just remembering the other day when I saw an abandoned auto dealership. There are some plants in the middle of the area where cars used to sit and wait for somone to buy them. They havent been watered in a long time and they look like they are trying to reach outside the dealership for some light or water.

If someone probably used that device on them, I wonder what they would be screaming. That device is some good technology, I wonder what other types of species can scream. Imagine screaming fish, or insects.

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Cool_Freaker
That's really interesting, plants could be smarter than we think tongue.gif Not to mention if it became a commonplace device to check if plants were under too much stress, a garden would be more efficient and easier to maintain (i.e. no need for excessive watering).

I guess the main use for it though is for commercial seedling transportation (which probably doesn't explore some of the more creative possibilities wink.gif)

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