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Plant lovers believe that talking to plants helps them . Scientists have there could be a grain of truth in this belief. Researchers have discovered that plants sounds when they are stressed. The noises are akin to a human cry or scream. The scientists the sounds are specific enough for us to be able to them and to to their needs. Unfortunately, plant sounds are at too high a frequency for the human ear to up. Humans can only frequencies of up to 16 kilohertz. The scientists used special AI algorithms to detect ultrasonic sounds by plants that were up to 250 kilohertz. The AI also between different types of plant sounds.

The research was in an acoustic chamber in an adapted greenhouse at Israel's Tel Aviv University. Scientists that vibrations from stressed tobacco and tomato plants turned into sound waves. Lead researcher Professor Lilach Hadany said: "Plants usually sounds when they are under stress. Each plant and each type of stress is with a specific identifiable sound." She that fields of crops could quite noisy, saying: "While imperceptible to the human ear, the sounds emitted by plants can be by…bats, mice, and insects." Interpreting these sounds could help us understand when crops are . Farmers could their crops more efficiently, and thus water.