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HONEY POT STRATEGY. "In order to attract relevant animals to perform services, flowering plants evolved a generous battery of strategies. The most efficient of these strategies is to supply animals with tasty, energy-rich foods in the form of nectars, seeds, and buds." http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2013.00044/full 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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SPROUTING POTATO VIDEO. https://lnkd.in/gY459Y4 View in LinkedIn