The researchers recorded the conversation of a plant using imaging techniques

According to researchers, plants use the fine dust that is suspended in the air around them to communicate and protect themselves.

According to Tekna technology and technology news service, scientists have known about the conversation between plants since the 1980s and now they have been able to record it through imaging techniques. Communication between plants is imperceptible to humans, and compounds such as odors repel hungry herbivores and warn neighboring plants about predators. Scientists have been aware of the relationship between plants since 1980 and also identified it among 80 plant species.

Japanese researchers have now been able to record how plants receive and react to air alarms using instant imaging techniques. Previously, there was a fundamental gap in our understanding of communication between plants, and that was how plants send or receive messages.

In this study, Yuri Aradani and Takuya Omura, two molecular biologists at Saitama University in Japan, used fluorescence microscopy to visualize compounds emitted from damaged plants. In this study, Zwee cocoon worms were placed on the leaves of tomato plants, mouse ears and weeds, and the researchers recorded the reactions of the second plant regarding danger signs. These plants have been genetically modified and their cells contain a biosensor that can detect the influx of calcium ions through them.

Calcium signaling is a method that even human cells use to communicate. The method used to measure calcium signals was the same as the previous studies on flowers of Ghare and Ashati. In this study, injured plants clearly received messages from injured neighbors and responded to them by bursting calcium signals in the leaves.