Calcium waves move through an Arabidopsis plant being attacked by a caterpillar (VIDEO)

Nagoya University

Caption

Calcium waves move through an Arabidopsis plant being attacked by a caterpillar at nearly one millimeter per second. The bright fluorescence reveals the plant’s rapid communication system responding to a threat, similar to how nerve signals work in animals.

Credit

Toyota et al., 2018

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License

CC BY

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