For the first time, an incredible video was recorded with two plants “talking” to each other – La Nación

2024-09-11 10:49:11

In the 1980s, an astonishing discovery was made: Plants communicate with each other, warning each other of dangers.. Even between different species. Now, for the first time, Two plants have been recorded on video “talking” to each other.

We know that One of the compounds emitted by plants are calcium ionsso scientists genetically modified some plants Arabidopsis thalianaa common herb, so that its cells would contain a biosensor that causes cells to fluoresce green when they detect calcium ions in the air.

To do the experiment, they placed caterpillars on tomato leaves and Arabidopsis thalianaand recorded the response on a second floor of Arabidopsis no insects.

When a plant suffers cuts or insect bites, it releases these compoundsThe researchers collected them in a container and released them regularly onto the plant without insects.

As we can see in this incredible video, the plant receives the “message”and its cells emit a green fluorescence when it detects calcium ions in the air:

This is the first time we can see these reactions in a visual way, and live.

The researchers found that the recipient plant reacted to compounds called Z-3-HAL and E-2-HAL.

“We have finally unraveled the intricate story of when, where, and how plants respond to airborne warning messages from their threatened neighbors,” explains Masatsugu Toyota, a molecular biologist at Saitama University in Japan, in the study published in Nature.

“This ethereal communication network, hidden from our sight, plays a crucial role in safeguarding neighbouring plants in time from imminent threats.”

A video has shown us, for the first time, How plants communicate with each other, warning each other of dangersWhat we still don’t know is what they do with this information, since they are the only living beings that cannot escape from their predators, as animals do.

By: Computer Hoy