Rainfall Vibrations Wake Rice Seeds, Speed Germination
TL;DR
MIT researchers found that submerged rice seeds exposed to the acoustic vibrations produced by falling raindrops germinate up to about 37% faster than controls, with seeds near the surface showing the strongest response. The effect is linked to statoliths and gravitropism, and the findings were published in Scientific Reports.
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