To see whether predator noises would affect plants, two University of Missouri researchers exposed one set of plants to a recording of caterpillars eating leaves, and kept another set of plants in silence. Later, when caterpillars fed on the plants, the set that had been exposed to the eating noises produced more of a caterpillar-repelling […]
Heidi Appel, Rex Cocroft, University of Missouri – Plants Can HearHeidi Appel, Rex Cocroft, University of Missouri – Plants Can Hear
To see whether predator noises would affect plants, two University of Missouri researchers exposed one set of plants to a recording of caterpillars eating leaves, and kept another set of plants in silence. Later, when caterpillars fed on the plants, the
Oct 29, 2014
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