We know that plants can learn, and make decisions, and we now have a new level of insight into the decision-making process plants go through when put under pressure, vying with competitors for limited access to sunlight.
by David Nield
It turns out our flora friends can react to the size and strength of their nearby neighbours, deciding how best to survive considering what's happening around them, according to a new study.
Based on what they have to deal with, plants can either try to outgrow their competitors (confrontational vertical elongation) or go into a low-light survival mode (shade tolerance).
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by David Nield
It turns out our flora friends can react to the size and strength of their nearby neighbours, deciding how best to survive considering what's happening around them, according to a new study.
Based on what they have to deal with, plants can either try to outgrow their competitors (confrontational vertical elongation) or go into a low-light survival mode (shade tolerance).
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