Posted on 11/18/2022 5:38:07 PM PST by BenLurkin
Animals can adapt quickly to survive adverse environmental conditions. Evidence is mounting to show that plants can, too. A paper publishing in the journal Trends in Plant Science on November 17 details how plants are rapidly adapting to the adverse effects of climate change, and how they are passing down these adaptations to their offspring.
Because plants don't have neural networks, their memory is based entirely on cellular, molecular, and biochemical networks. These networks make up what the researchers term somatic memory. "These mechanisms allow plants to recognize the occurrence of a previous environmental condition and to react more promptly in presence of the same consequential condition," says Martinelli.
These somatic memories can then be passed to the plants' progeny via epigenetics. "We have highlighted key genes, proteins, and small oligonucleotides, which previous studies have shown play a key role in the memory of abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, cold, heat, and heavy metals and pathogen attacks," says Martinelli. "In this peer-reviewed opinion piece, we provide several examples that demonstrate the existence of molecular mechanisms modulating plant memory to environmental stresses and affecting the adaptation of offspring to these stresses."
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
It will take all of their collective might to be able to process that extra 0.01% of pure plant food in the atmosphere
Why do they assume “change” is always “adverse”???
So plants are clever. They can recognize Climate Change, and adapt to it.
I have long advocated that plants be given the right to vote. This article only reinforces my opinion.
I am sure they also have feelings and as such it is wrong to murder them so that we can survive. Vegetarians are bad about this. Animals also are innocent creatures and should be left alone. Which narrows the field of possible fuel and leads one to suspect Jeffrey Dahlmer was just ahead of his time. Thursday is Soylent Green Day and I have it on my calendar.
I assume this adaptation also applies to Joe Biden, a plant species all his own.
No, no, no!
Absolutely not!
Don't look at the scientist behind the curtain!
True. I’ve seen Christmas trees hitchhiking on car roofs traveling away from the ocean.
They do; they're called Democrats.
I read about certain fishes having this ability as well, specifically low oxygen water conditions triggering gene expression that improved survivability of the fish.
Yet they always want “change” in our society — from a Republic of free men to communist tyranny.
Legislation should be introduced preventing such cruelty to cannabis.
Making a statement for a friend.
Maybe plants are multi lingual also.
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