RETRACTED: The plant is neither dumb nor deaf; it talks and hears

• Published in: The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 2024-08, Vol.119 (3), p.e1-e8
• Main Authors: El‐Sappah, Ahmed H., Yan, Kuan, Li, Jia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: plant acoustics; plant‐environmental interaction; plant–plant interaction; sound imitation; sound perception
• ISSN: 0960-7412; 1365-313X; 1365-313X
• DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16650

SUMMARY Animals and insects communicate using vibrations that are frequently too low or too high for human ears to detect. Plants and trees can communicate and sense sound. Khait et al. used a dependable recording system to capture airborne sounds produced by stressed plants. In addition to allowing plants to communicate their stress, sound aids in plant defense, development, and resilience. It also serves as a warning that danger is approaching. Demey et al. and others discussed the audit examinations that were conducted to investigate sound discernment in plants at the atomic and biological levels. The biological significance of sound in plants, the morphophysiological response of plants to sound, and the airborne noises that plants make and can hear from a few meters away were all discussed. Significance Statement To survive, living organisms must sense and respond to their surroundings. Plants sense and respond to various stimuli, such as touch, light, and volatiles. Plants' ability to respond to sound has also been revealed in recent years and their emissions to sounds have been thoroughly documented. In this perspective, we discussed how different types of plants, and their surroundings interact with their responses to environmental stress, whether they emit or receive sounds.