torek, 16. julij 2013

Kemična komunikacija?!

Nikoli nisem podvomila v to, da rastline komunicirajo.
Z ljudmi in živalmi preko oblike, barve, vonja, prostora v katerem se nahajajo in še česa.
Niti nisem preveč dvomila v tezo, da rastline komunicirajo tudi med seboj. Sicer nisem imela pojma kako naj bi komunikacija med rastlinami sploh potekala, ampak se mi je kljub temu nekako zdelo logično, da tako ali drugače 'čvekajo' med sabo. Na neki višji, ljudem nezaznavni ravni, frekvenci morda.?.


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Moji pretekli blogi na temo komunikacija + rastlina:
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Na kar sem si pred kratkim ogledala dokumentarec z naslovom ''O čem govorijo rastline''.
Bila sem konkretno presenečena nad povedanim, pokazanim in predvsem ''prevedenim'' v človeščino.
Rastline nimajo možnosti govora in premikanja, imajo pa na voljo komunikacijo s pomočjo svojega fizičnega telesa z vsemi njegovimi kemičnimi procesi.




Bi lahko to pomenilo, da se rastline bolj zavedajo lastnega fizičnega telesa in procesov v njem kot se ga ljudje? Kaj pa ljudje sploh vemo o delovanju lastnega telesa? Prav dosti ne – glede na vse sorte bolezni, ki jih gostimo… Ali tudi ljudje podzavestno in nezavedno komuniciramo med sabo in z drugima vrstama s pomočjo s pomočjo sproščanja in omejevanja specifičnih kemičnih snovi lastnega telesa? Kakšno vlogo imajo pri tem na primer hormoni?

Tale dokumentarec mi je odprl kup novih vprašanj, za katerimi se skriva želja po razumevanju lastnega telesa, po učinkoviti komunikaciji z njim…
Če poznaš kak dokumentarec na to temo, se priporočam.
Do takrat pa s tabo delim tale odkritja o rastlinah:


''However, new research, published in the journal Trends in Plant Science, has revealed that plants not only respond to sound, but they also communicate to each other by making "clicking" sounds.
Using powerful loudspeakers, researchers at The University of Western Australia were able to hear clicking sounds coming from the roots of corn saplings.
Researchers at Bristol University also found that when they suspended the young roots in water and played a continuous noise at 220Hz, a similar frequency to the plant clicks, they found that the plants grew towards the source of the sound.
"Everyone knows that plants react to light, and scientists also know that plants use volatile chemicals to communicate with each other, for instance, when danger - such as a herbivore - approaches," Dr. Gagliano said in a university news release.
"I was working one day in my herb garden and started to wonder if maybe plants were also sensitive to sounds - why not? - so I decided as a scientist to find out."
While it has been long known that plants grow towards light, previous research from Exeter University found cabbage plants emitted methyl jasmonate gas when their surfaces are cut or pierced to warn its neighbors of danger such as caterpillars or garden shears.
Researchers from the earlier study also found that the when the volatile gas was emitted, the nearly cabbage plants appeared to receive the urgent message that and protected themselves by producing toxic chemicals on their leaves to fend off predators like caterpillars.
However, new research, published in the journal Trends in Plant Science, has revealed that plants not only respond to sound, but they also communicate to each other by making "clicking" sounds.
Scientists suspect that sound and vibration may play an essential role in the survival of plants by giving them information about the environment around them.
Researchers said sounds waves are easily transmissible through soil, and could be used to pick up threats like drought from their neighbors further away.
Gagliano said that the latest findings shows that the role of sound in plants has yet to be fully explored, "leaving serious gaps our current understanding of the sensory and communicatory complexity of these organisms".
In addition to other forms of sensory response, "it is very likely that some form of sensitivity to sound and vibrations also plays an important role in the life of plants," she added
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