{"id":3726,"date":"2024-07-29T09:52:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T09:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kicro.eu\/?p=3726"},"modified":"2024-11-08T09:59:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T09:59:24","slug":"some-plants-scream-when-theyre-under-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kicro.eu\/index.php\/some-plants-scream-when-theyre-under-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Some plants &#8220;scream&#8221; when they&#8217;re under attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3726\" class=\"elementor elementor-3726\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea28501 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ea28501\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-576bc24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"576bc24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Some plants \"scream\" when they're under attack<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a436c9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a436c9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\">Did you know that some plants &#8220;scream&#8221; when they&#8217;re under attack?<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c61b96a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c61b96a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-55b4f36 ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 1rem;\">While they don&#8217;t make audible sounds, they do emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that act like chemical distress signals. When a plant is being munched on by insects or infected by a pathogen, it releases these VOCs into the air. Nearby plants can &#8220;smell&#8221; these chemicals and ramp up their own defenses in response.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xgzva0m xhhsvwb xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xgzva0m xhhsvwb xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t7\/1\/16\/1fad2.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\uded2\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><\/span> But it gets even more curious: some studies have shown that certain predatory insects can detect these distress signals and home in on the affected plants to find their prey. 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