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Hmm, interesting, this reminds me of recent research where they used electrical currents and magnetic fields to enhance tomato plants, I wonder how the two findings are linked. (here's the article I saw: http://horticulturejournal.usamv.ro/index.php/scientific-pap... )

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There is more to this. Mostly in (Swiss)German though, from 1988. Tags would be "Der Urzeit Code"

Some do experiment with that today, like this

[1] https://alainsprojects.com/the-primeval-code-der-urzeit-code...

I also remember news about chinese greenhouses experimenting with similar stuff, reporting good growth and much reduced need for pesti-/fungi-/whatever -zides, or none at all in the timeframe of the last 2 to 3 years.

It all resulted from research at Ciba-Geigy AG, Basel, Swiss now Novartis by Guido Ebner, thus also called "Ebner Effect".

Classic conspiracy material, because not usable for a company like that, so they stopped the research, and locked it away. (allegedly)

The researcher died meanwhile, but his sons have some patents, also selling this [2] https://fios-greenbox.net/

Some more lazy links...

[3] https://www.elstel.org/primeval-times-code.html

[4] https://vimeo.com/14844889

[5] https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/2164365/elec...

Does anyone have papers like this to recommend?

I am really interested in building custom systems to experiment with plants. My problem is that I don't know what to test.

“The Secret Life of Trees” was a seminal book in this field, but not a research paper

That is why they call it a Power 'Plant' ...sorry for the pun ..could not resist. https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Power_plant

Not a paper...TED presentation "Electrical Battery Using Defective Tomatoes"

https://youtu.be/18sOzfxcrHE

Does this mean the tomato plant doesn’t want its seeds carried away and would prefer to have the ripe tomatoes to fall to the ground?

Caterpillars don't move the seeds around in a beneficial way. Maybe it can tell the difference? I'm kind of curious what a tomato plant does with the information that it's being munched on though.

> the authors measured the biochemical responses, such as defensive chemicals like hydrogen peroxide, across other parts of the plant. This showed that these defenses were triggered even in parts of the plant that were far away from the damage caused by the caterpillars.

Presumably hydrogen peroxide does not taste good to caterpillars.

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