Acoustic and magnetic communication in plants: Is it possible?

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Gagliano, Monica ^a   Renton, Michael ^a,b   Duvdevani, Nili ^a   Timmins, Matthew ^a   Mancuso, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic resonance; Cues; Magnetoreception; Mechanoreception; Quantum coherence; Signaling

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PUBLICATION;

ACOUSTICS; ECOSYSTEM; MAGNETIC PHENOMENA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PUBLICATIONS; SEEDS;

EID: 84867637257     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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