(sbayram/iStock/Getty Images) Plant seeds can sense the vibrations generated by falling raindrops and respond by waking from their state of dormancy to welcome the water, new research shows. While the ...
Rain does more than soak the ground. For some seeds, it may also act like an alarm clock. MIT engineers have found evidence that the sound of falling raindrops can speed up germination in rice seeds, ...
A team of engineers have discovered that rice seeds can ‘hear’ the sound of rain, which acts as a biological trigger to wake them from dormancy. Resea.