Conditions under which some plants emit carbon disulfide (CS2) in the soil are unknown. A pot assembly was constructed to measure soil CS 2 emissions by Mimosa pudica under conditions of undisturbed growth, root injury, and drought stress. When M. pudica was grown without disturbance, soil CS 2 emissions were below the limit of detection (~<0.1 ngCS2 mL -I) for the entire 8-wk sampling period. However, when the roots of 6-wk-old M. pudica plants were cut to a depth of 10cm, a maximum of 0.5 and 0.4ngCSzmL -I was emitted within minutes at the 5-and 10-cm depths, respectively. These emissions declined slowly to undetectable levels after 50 min. No detectable CS 2 emissions were observed at the 0-and 15-cm depths. No CS 2 was emitted when 6-wk-old M. pudica plants were subjected to drought stress, however, when the same plants were watered, a maximum of 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5 ng CS 2 mL -1 was emitted within minutes at the 5-, 10-and 15-cm depths, respectively. These emissions were detectable for at least 2hr at the 10-and 15-cm depths. No detectable CS 2 emissions were observed at the 0-cm depth after watering. No detectable CS 2 emissions were observed at any depth under any conditions of undisturbed growth, root injury, or drought stress followed by watering for assemblies containing either no plants or Albizia julibrissin, a plant that is closely related to M. pudica but does not emit CS 2. Mimosa pudica emitted detectable CS 2 under conditions of root injury and rewetting of dry soil but not under conditions of undisturbed growth. Release of such a biocidal sulfide only during conditions of root injury or rewetting of dry soil would be advantageous to M. pudica.