Plants as biosensors: Tomato plants' reaction to human voices
Fuchs P, von der Grün R, Maslatón CI, Gloor PA (2024)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2024
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited Volumes: Handbook of Social Computing
City/Town: Cheltenham / Northampton, MA
Pages Range: 294-309
ISBN: 9781803921242
DOI: 10.4337/9781803921259.00027
Abstract
Plants can react to a wide range of external stimuli such as light, oxygen, parasites, touch, and sound. They perceive changes in the environment and adapt their physiology accordingly. Some plants react fast and notoriously by moving or closing their leaflets, but most do it imperceptible, like tomato plants, which are the focus of this chapter. By interpreting the bioelectrochemical signals generated by the plant, valuable insights about the environment and the people in it can be gained. The human voice has different pitches depending on sex, social context, and environment conditions. This chapter aims to find out how tomato plants react to human voices of different frequencies by conducting experiments where the plant is exposed to recordings of people singing, talking, and reading, and by analyzing its reaction.
Involved external institutions
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Germany (DE)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States (USA) (US)
Germany (DE)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States (USA) (US)
How to cite
APA:
Fuchs, P., von der Grün, R., Maslatón, C.I., & Gloor, P.A. (2024). Plants as biosensors: Tomato plants' reaction to human voices. In Peter A. Gloor, Francesca Grippa, Andrea Fronzetti Collado, Aleksandra Przegalinska (Eds.), Handbook of Social Computing. (pp. 294-309). Cheltenham / Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
MLA:
Fuchs, Patrick, et al. "Plants as biosensors: Tomato plants' reaction to human voices." Handbook of Social Computing. Ed. Peter A. Gloor, Francesca Grippa, Andrea Fronzetti Collado, Aleksandra Przegalinska, Cheltenham / Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024. 294-309.
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