Figure 5.
Comparison of average electric and gradiometric signals from four different experiments. In each case we triggered on heat-induced APs in the electric trace and performed the same data analysis as for Fig. 4. The electric response recorded by the surface electrodes (top row; average signal plotted as solid green, single AP plotted as dashed purple) varies in amplitude because a different plant sample was used in each experiment. To produce the gradiometric plots (bottom graphs) we subtracted the magnetic data of background sensor D from that of primary sensor A. The number of averages in each experiment is indicated, along with the amplitude and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the y-axis gradiometric signal. The rightmost panel (Trap #4) shows the same data set as in Fig. 4.