#Plants #ommunicate #distress using their own kind of #nervoussystem. Model mustard plant uses the same signals as animals to relay distress. Although plant biologists already know that changes to one part of a plant are sensed by the others, they had no idea how that information was transmitted. Now that they have seen the #calcium wave and the role of #glutamate, researchers can better monitor and—perhaps one day even manipulate—the plant's #internalcommunications.https://www.science.org/content/article/plants-communicate-distress-using-their-own-kind-nervous-system