Subject: Plant Sensitivities to Stimulii

From: William Beall <[email-masked]>
Date: 29 Jun 1996 22:31:14 GMT

I would like to contact anyone who has had any experience, or 
knowledge about, the response of plants to electrical stimulii.
Am presently conducting some experiments.  Will share the results 
shortly.
wbeall

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 1 Jul 96 13:29:16 +0200

> Am presently conducting some experiments.  Will share the results 

Five years ago, i was working in a group which was studying the thigmomorpho-
genesis, understand the answer of plants to mechanical stimuli.
They showed that after a mechanical stimulation there was an *action potential*
that was produced...
i don't know if plants are giving any answer to electrical stimulation but
i know that plant membrane can produce an electrical depolarisation and that
is an important step in the thigmomorphogenetic answer.

The plants studied were Bidens pilosa, and Bryonia dioica. I know that some
similar experiments have been conduced on tomato.

Thierry