Scientists led by Prof. Stanisław Karpiński from the Institute of Biology of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) in cooperation with scientists from the University of Missouri (USA) for the first time described the quantum-molecular and physiological bases of a previously unknown form of communication between plants and the mechanism triggered in the result, called the Network Acquired Acclimation (NAA).

The results of the research are presented in The Plant Cell, the most prestigious journal publishing articles in plant cell biology.

“Our research confirms that surface electrical signals function as a communication link between plants, which are organized as a global network (community) of plants – as James Cameron portrayed in the movie “Avatar”. So they work a bit like Facebook or Twitter”, explains Prof. Karpinski.

More: https://academic.oup.com/plcell/advance-article/doi/10.1093/plcell/koac150/6589903