MAY MUSIC INFLUENCE PLANTS? WHAT ARE THE OPINIONS OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS ABOUT THIS INTERACTION?

Authors

  • RAPHAEL JONAS CYPRIANO
  • REINALDO DUQUE-BRASIL
  • KACILDA NAOMI KUKI
  • ALICE GONTIJO DE GODOY
  • MAÍRA QUEIROZ REZENDE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2013.5275

Abstract

This paper proposed to evaluate the effect of music on the growth patterns of tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and, at the same time, questioning University Professors about this experiment from a symmetric anthropological perspective. This paper concluded that sounds may influence vegetable organisms and that the majority part of the academics interviewed does not believe in this phenomenon, showing high disagreement of ideas and, in some cases, unfamiliarity on the subject.

Key-words: Plant, Sound, Symmetric Anthropology, Scientific Community.

Author Biographies

RAPHAEL JONAS CYPRIANO

Mestrando em Ecologia pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV).

REINALDO DUQUE-BRASIL

Professor de Botânica na Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) campus Governador Valadares.

KACILDA NAOMI KUKI

Doutora em Botânica e, atualmente, participa do PRODOC pelo Departamento de Fitotecnia da UFV.

ALICE GONTIJO DE GODOY

Doutoranda em Fisiologia Vegetal pela UFV.

MAÍRA QUEIROZ REZENDE

Doutoranda em Entomologia pela UFV.

Published

2013-03-19

How to Cite

CYPRIANO, R. J., DUQUE-BRASIL, R., NAOMI KUKI, K., GONTIJO DE GODOY, A., & QUEIROZ REZENDE, M. (2013). MAY MUSIC INFLUENCE PLANTS? WHAT ARE THE OPINIONS OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS ABOUT THIS INTERACTION?. POLÊM!CA, 12(1), 54–63. https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2013.5275

Issue

Section

QUESTÕES CONTEMPORÂNEAS