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Plants have an ability, for example, to signal distress, caused by anything from temperature extremes to an insect attack. Schultz said when a plant senses that it's being eaten, it releases a chemical vapor that alerts other plants nearby.
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Plants can react to sounds. University of Missouri chemical ecologists Heidi Appel and Jack Schultz recorded the subtle chewing noises of a caterpillar eating a plant. Being eaten stimulated the plant’s defenses. But when the sounds were played to another plant that was not being eaten, they triggered a defensive response.
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Studies have also shown that when plants are under attack they release aromatic chemicals. Those chemicals attract friendly insects that attack the bugs eating the plant. Schultz says this chemical signaling can be easily detected by one of nature's most sophisticated sniffers, dogs.
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The members of the band called El Street Cafe have been playing together for four years. The band's rousing mixture of blues and bluegrass usually attracts a big crowd. Passersby stop to listen to a song or two. Sometimes they may even sing along. Lester Schultz, the lead singer and harmonica player of El Street Cafe, says subway musicians are part of an important tradition of public music.
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