"Dr Gagliano and her colleagues trained Mimosa plants' short- and long-term memories under both high and low-light environments by repeatedly dropping water on them using a custom-designed apparatus (Mimosa folds its leaves in response to the drop). They show how Mimosa plants stopped closing their leaves when they learnt that the repeated disturbance had no real damaging consequence. Mimosa plants were able to acquire the learnt behaviour in a matter of seconds and as in animals, learning was faster in less favourable environment (i.e. low light). Most remarkably, these plants were able to remember what had been learned for several weeks, even after environmental conditions had changed."
Some related links on plant communication with sound:
"Shamans say they learn from the plant's sounds. Maybe they are attuned to things we don't pay attention to," Gagliano said. "It's really fascinating. We might have lost that connection and science is ready to rediscover it."
www.livescience.com
The Michael Pollen article, 'The Intelligent Plant' mentioned in the first link.
Some related links on plant communication with sound:
"Shamans say they learn from the plant's sounds. Maybe they are attuned to things we don't pay attention to," Gagliano said. "It's really fascinating. We might have lost that connection and science is ready to rediscover it."
Sound Garden: Can Plants Actually Talk and Hear?
Sound is so fundamental to life that some scientists now think there's a kernel of truth to folklore that plants can hear and talk.
The Michael Pollen article, 'The Intelligent Plant' mentioned in the first link.
