Yes, it is true, plants sense and communicate

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  • Francisca Sevilla Spain
  • Mª Carmen Martí Spain
  • Ana Jiménez CEBAS-CSIC Spain

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https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.17.188.2025.17898

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plant sensing, plant communication, response, signals, stress

Abstract

They hear, see, feel, feed, suffer, take care of their own, sleep, make decisions, live without us..., but what about us without them? Yes, they are the plants, those animated beings that are able to communicate with the environment that surrounds them, with the beings that surround them, with themselves through signals. How do they perceive the environment? And danger? How do they communicate? What kind of signals do they use and how do they transmit them? A world of chemistry, physics, biology, physiology... all of them collaborating so that plants can feel and express themselves in a sometime dangerous world. "Intelligence", mobility and plant sensitivity coexisting in our environment, listen to them! there is surely a lot to learn.

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Published

2025-02-18 — Updated on 2025-02-18

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Sevilla, F., Martí, M. C., & Jiménez, A. (2025). Yes, it is true, plants sense and communicate. Encuentros En La Biología, 17(188). https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.17.188.2025.17898