Alessandro Chiolerio

Oct 27, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Alessandro Chiolerio |Monica Gagliano |Silvio Pilia |Paolo Pilia

AbstractRegular light-dark cycles greatly affect organisms, and events like eclipses induce distinctive physiological and behavioural shifts. While well documented in animals, plant behaviour during eclipses remains largely unexplored. Here we monitored multiple spruce trees to assess their individual and collective bioelectrical responses to a solar eclipse. Trees anticipated the eclipse, synchronising their individual bioelectrical behaviour hours in advance.