Plants Are Smarter Than You Realize

Plants can do some amazing things.
But how do they respond to their environment with no brain?
↓ More info and sources below ↓

Learn more/references:

“What a Plant Knows” by Daniel Chamovitz http://amzn.to/2bfvdOg

“The Secret Life of Plants” by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird http://amzn.to/2bczCTf (this book is full of bad science mumbo jumbo, but it’s where the Cleve Backster story comes from)

Galil, J. "An ancient technique for ripening sycomore fruit in east-mediterranean countries." Economic Botany 22.2 (1968): 178-190.

Kost, C., & Heil, M. (2008). The Defensive Role of Volatile Emission and Extrafloral Nectar Secretion for Lima Bean in Nature. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 34(1), 2–13. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-007-9404-0

Gerbode, Sharon J., et al. "How the cucumber tendril coils and overwinds."Science 337.6098 (2012): 1087-1091.

Darwin’s writings on vines and climbing plants: http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/f...

Darwin’s writings on plant movement: http://darwin-online.org.uk/Editorial...

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