The tree knows 'talking, sending messages' like people

Plants have the ability to communicate and exchange information with each other in order to survive in special 'languages' that humans do not have such as secreting chemicals into the air, sending signals through insects .

That is the conclusion of many scientific studies beginning in the 1980s with two studies published in 1983. These two studies have shown that willow, poplar and maple trees can 'warn' to each other on insect attacks.

They communicate with each other by secreting chemicals to repel insects. The remaining trees thus can know the status of the neighboring trees in response to the same. Thus the communication of tree species is no different from the process of sending, receiving and interpreting messages in humans.

Ecologist Richard Karban is studying the ability of wormwood to communicate

Immediately these analyzes were criticized. But a series of serious studies later tested again. Some studies even confirm that plants can detect signals in the air by secreting chemicals or through the body of a third species."There is evidence that plants can sense volatile substances so that they can form an appropriate response to their congeners," said Martin Heil, an ecologist at the Mexican Research Institute .

Subsequently, Washington State University's dusty worm research in 1990 found that this shrub produces an organic amount of methyl jasmonate in the air that can resist herbivorous insects. This substance is released into the air as if to warn nearby plants of danger.

Experiments in beans and tomatoes also found that these plants produce proteinase inhibitors that break down the digestive system of insects. Even when cutting the leaves of the wormwood shrub to mimic the wounds similar to the pointed tooth caries, these plants also produce methyl jasmonate and other chemicals in the air that make tobacco plants nearby also secrete oxidase enzyme polyphenols for defense.

Although there is a lot of controversy in the concept of 'talking' and 'communication' of plants according to human language understanding, it is worth mentioning that: The ability of plants to regularly share information with each other may give meaning to improve pest resistance to crops. Farmers can thus actively influence crops to create positive anti-pest response.