[PCA] NEWS: Plants Have a Social Life, Too

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/plant-family-values/

Plants Have a Social Life, Too
* By Brandon Keim
* November 18, 2009 3:16 pm  |
* Categories: Agriculture, Biology

After decades of seeing plants as passive recipients of fate, scientists 
have found them capable of behaviors once thought unique to animals. Some 
plants even appear to be social, favoring family while pushing strangers 
from the neighborhood.

Research into plant sociality is still young, with many questions 
unanswered. But it may change how people conceive of the floral world, and 
provide new ways of raising productivity on Earth.s maxed-out farmlands.

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