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In cereals like classical music, according to a South Korean team of scientists, having identified two genes in rice which respond more actively to be subjected to the sounds of classics like Ludwig van Beethoven.
While it has been proven that plants respond to light, which affects how to optimize their growth, and also to the touch, thereby reinforcing to withstand wind, so far its reaction to the sound has been a mystery.
According to a study published today in the British science magazine “New Scientist”, the researchers exposed rice plants to the sound of fourteen different works of classical music at different frequencies, while analyzing the activity levels of genes.
Directed by Mi-Jeong Jeong, the National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology Suwon (South Korea), the team discovered that genes are activated rbcS and Ald to undergo more frequencies 125 and 250 hertz, while its activity decreased to 50 Hertz.
The report’s findings suggest that the sound might be an alternative to light as a regulator gene, which researchers say the finding abarataría cultivation techniques for farmers because they could dispense with chemicals to activate the genes for growth.
However, the discovery has aroused skepticism among some scientists, such as Philip Wigge, centre British Johm Innes, describes the techniques used “outdated” and believes that the examples discussed are “scarce”.
