Plant Seeds Do Something Incredible When the Sound of Rain Strikes
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The next time you hear the rain hit a window, it may not just be a relaxing background sound. A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that rice seeds can respond to the sound of the drops and germinate faster when those vibrations reach them. The key is not for plants to hear like us. They have no ears or brains, but structures that can perceive physical signals from the environment. According to the study, the beat…
Rice seeds exposed to vibrations from falling water droplets began to germinate significantly faster than seeds in a control group. A new study from MIT shows that plants can perceive natural sounds in their environment – long before rainwater has had time to moisten the soil. Rain has long been associated with germination because the water softens the soil and gives the seed the right conditions to start growing. The study from the Massachusett…
Plant Seeds Do Something Incredible When the Sound of Rain Strikes
"Plant seeds can sense the vibrations generated by falling raindrops," reports ScienceAlert, "and respond by waking from their state of dormancy to welcome the water, new research shows.... to germinate in 'anticipation' of the coming deluge." The finding, discovered by MIT mechanical engineers Nicholas Makris and Cadine Navarro, offers the first direct evidence that seeds and seedlings can sense and respond to sounds in nature... "The energy of…
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