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DATA INPUT. "The expression of jasmonate-induced responses is tightly regulated by the ecological context of the plant. Ecological information is provided by molecular signals that indicate the nature of the attacker, the value of the attacked organs, phytochrome status and thereby proximity of competing plants, association with beneficial organisms and history of plant interactions with pathogens and herbivores." https://lnkd.in/dVSmX9n View in LinkedIn

PLANTS "are more leery of actual vegetation than they are of inanimate objects, and they respond to potential competitors before actually being shaded by them. These are sophisticated behaviors, but, like most plant behaviors, to an animal they’re either invisible or really, really slow." https://lnkd.in/dvFaNgd View in LinkedIn

ROOT ANTICIPATION. "Roots about to encounter an impenetrable obstacle or a toxic substance change course before they make contact with it. Roots can tell whether nearby roots are self or other and, if other, kin or stranger." https://lnkd.in/dvFaNgd View in LinkedIn

CROSSING THE LINE. “Alarmingly, the complex pathway of roots through a non-homogenous substrate, this classical example calling for analogies with the maze navigation test of animal intelligence, may fall into the same category. Synchronous perception of gravity, light, mineral nutrient and soil moisture gradients (with the later being constantly modified by activities of the growing root itself) is sufficient to guide a root tip through a rather complex and realistically-looking trajectory.” https://lnkd.in/dfsCv77 View in LinkedIn

ROOT SENSES. "Scientists have since found that the tips of plant roots, in addition to sensing gravity, moisture, light, pressure, and hardness, can also sense volume, nitrogen, phosphorus, salt, various toxins, microbes, and chemical signals from neighboring plants." https://lnkd.in/dvFaNgd View in LinkedIn

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