Plants low-frequency acoustic response to abiotic stress

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In the paper acoustic microvibrations in the range from 0.1 to 27 Hz that occur in the leaves and root system of the Chinese rose plant in response to light irradiation, as well as damage to the leaves in the form of applying the irritating ointment “Linkus” to them. It has been shown that when a plant is irradiated with light, microvibrations arise in the leaf with a frequency of 5.77198 Hz, which presumably can be associated with the process of photosynthesis. When exposed to light, microvibrations were also recorded in the root system with frequencies of 23.61 and 16.35 Hz. Applying irritating ointment “Linkus” to four spatially spaced rose leaves also led to the appearance of characteristic microvibrations in the root system, with each leaf corresponding to its own vibration frequency, which apparently indicates that the rhizome receives information about each leaf and thus, using low-frequency microvibrations, the plant can interact with the external environment.

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Yu. N. Kulchin

Institute of Automation and Control Processes, FEB RAS

Author for correspondence.
Email: kulchin@iacp.dvo.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8750-4775

Academician of RAS, Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics

Russian Federation, Vladivostok

G. A. Shabanov

«Arctica» Scientific and Research Center, FEB RAS

Email: neurokib@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7349-5724

Candidate of Sciences in Biology, Associate Professor, Leading Researcher

Russian Federation, Magadan

A. А. Rybchenko

«Arctica» Scientific and Research Center, FEB RAS

Email: neurokib@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4688-1491

Doctor of Sciences in Technique, Professor, Chief Researcher

Russian Federation, Magadan

S. О. Kozhanov

Institute of Automation and Control Processes, FEB RAS

Email: kozhanov_57@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0001-2629-3521

Junior Researcher

Russian Federation, Vladivostok

E. P. Subbotin

Institute of Automation and Control Processes, FEB RAS

Email: s.e.p@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8658-3504

Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, Leading Researcher

Russian Federation, Vladivostok

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2. Fig. 1. Chinese rose

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3. Fig. 2. Piezoceramic sensors used in the study

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4. Fig. 3. Graph of subtraction of frames of information taken after illuminating the rose with a phytolamp and frames taken from the rose in semi-darkness. The dotted line is the readings of the sensor on the leaf, the solid line is the readings of the sensor on the table without a leaf (table vibration)

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5. Fig. 4. Results of measurements of microvibration amplitudes for 5 recording frames

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