A finely-tuned communication is crucial for maintaining plant-pollinator interactions. So far, this complex association has been investigated primarily by focusing on visual and olfactory cues. Recent studies have suggested vibroacoustic (VA) signals as an additional communication channel eliciting plant responses, however, the extent and ultimate roles of VAs in plant interactions are largely unexplored. In the context of plant-pollinator associations, VA signalling has only been scantily addressed, mainly in buzz-pollinated species, neglecting airborne components and without delving into the underlying molecular mechanisms involved. Our project aims at dissecting the molecular and physiological mechanisms of plant responses to distinct VAs emitted by approaching insects, using snapdragon as a model. Since Antirrhinum flower visitors have unequal efficiency as pollinators and emit characteristic VAs, we hypothesise that plants are able to recognise effective pollinators by sensing their specific VA signatures. We also postulate that VA-elicited snapdragon responses affect pollinator behaviours, with effects on pollen transfer, and consequently on plant reproductive fitness. Our project will test these hypotheses by a multidisciplinary approach combining ethology, plant molecular biology, and physics-informed data science. VAs of legitimate and illegitimate flower visitors will be recorded and engineered signals will be played back to test plant early and late electrophysiological, metabolic and transcriptomic responses. We will generate flower-shape and receptor-sensing mutants by CRISPR-Cas gene editing to analyse VA-sensing processes and structural features potentially evolved to enhance plant VA transmission. Behavioural assays will test flower visitors’ preferences to assess if plant responses triggered by VAs can be considered adaptive in the context of pollination. Multidisciplinary data will be interwoven in an evidence-based mathematical model tracing a roadmap to help understanding the origins of phyto-vibroacoustics: why vibroacoustic communication has evolved in plants. By tackling complex dynamics in plant-pollinator systems from a totally new angle, we endeavour to revolutionise our understanding of how plants interact with the biotic and abiotic components of the environment.