"We are trying to develop reporter plants that will tell us what they're experiencing at the moment," Bacheva said. These include pigment-based plants that change color, or fluorescent plants that light up when they need water. The ultimate vision is to have bidirectional communication, so not only could a reporter plant communicate that it needs water, a farmer might also inform a plant that it could be dry for many days and the plant should use water more efficiently." SOoo weird and cool, imo. Here is the article: https://phys.org/news/2025-04-century-mystery-communication-stress-negative.amp
