IEEE
Imagine you’re a baby cocoa plant, just unfurling your first tentative roots into the fertile, welcoming soil.Somewhere nearby, a predator stirs. It has no ears to hear you, no eyes to see you. But it knows where you are, thanks in part to the weak electric field emitted by your roots.It is microscopic…
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Crop Parasites Can Be Deterred by “Electric Fences”
Imagine you’re a baby cocoa plant, just unfurling your first tentative roots into the fertile, welcoming soil.Somewhere nearby, a predator stirs. It has no ears to hear you, no eyes to see you. But it knows where you are, thanks in part to the weak electric field emitted by your roots.It is microscopic…