Plants have a sophisticated internal communication system to help them optimize energy production. Now, a new study by an international team of scientists led by Penn State researchers reveals for the first time the molecular messengers that control how and when plants “breathe” and “eat."
Really curious about what this leads to. We also know that plants can signal each other via the mycelium, they have awareness of their surroundings and events, just not in the same way we do.
We know a lot more about plant metabolism including hormone signalling and various different metabolic pathways and strategies. It just isn’t common knowledge to people outside of plant science. So this is less of a new field to research, but rather something new that science communication has been exploring the last few years.
Really curious about what this leads to. We also know that plants can signal each other via the mycelium, they have awareness of their surroundings and events, just not in the same way we do.
We know a lot more about plant metabolism including hormone signalling and various different metabolic pathways and strategies. It just isn’t common knowledge to people outside of plant science. So this is less of a new field to research, but rather something new that science communication has been exploring the last few years.