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PLANT LEARNING AND MEMORY. "Researchers in Australia recently sought to investigate this hypothesis by attempting to “train” a group of touch-me-not plants (Mimosa pudica)." Drop experiments showed that they could learn, and recall that memory after a month.” https://lnkd.in/dGP73v2 View in LinkedIn

NO PLASTIC BACKDROP. “A growing body of research suggests that far from being merely a passive, green backdrop to the natural world, plants actively engage in complex behaviour. They are capable of communicating with allies, attacking rivals and even feeding their young.” https://lnkd.in/dGP73v2 View in LinkedIn

INCIDENTAL IMPRINT? "While the density of annual rings on a cross-cut of a branch may provide a dendrologist insight into long-term climatic development, it is highly improbable that this information is accessible to the tree itself. Such “stored information” may be a mere imprint of incidents and accidents of the past, without any informative value for those involved." https://lnkd.in/dfsCv77 View in LinkedIn

DATA ACCESS. "Plants store a wealth of data about their history in the structure of their bodies. Given the permanent character of cell walls, every branch and twig holds information about the past. However, this by no means guarantees that the plant cares—or that it is at least capable of accessing these data." https://lnkd.in/dfsCv77 View in LinkedIn

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PLANT LEARNING. "Their ability to learn from experience and to memorize previous experiences in order to optimize fitness allows effective acclimation to environmental stresses and can be considered a form of intelligence." https://lnkd.in/dg3gaxW View in LinkedIn

INHERITED TOLERANCE. "Plant responses to abiotic and biotic stressors can lead to changes that appear to be ‘memorized’ and influence the stress tolerance of the next generation." https://lnkd.in/d6Sc6nh View in LinkedIn

“SYNTHETIC REACTIONS, that in a factory or laboratory would require heat, pressure and harsh chemicals are performed in every plant cell at ambient temperatures with green reagents. But they did have a 700 million year evolutionary head-start.” https://lnkd.in/d_pqCEE View in LinkedIn