Plants can plan and optimize resources. Plants prioritize growth and resource allocation depending on environmental cues.
They also exhibit “decision-making” when it comes to resource competition or reproductive timing.
Experiment: Trewavas and colleagues showed that root growth patterns of bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris) adapt to avoid competition by detecting root exudates from nearby plants. (Trewavas, A., “Aspects of Plant Intelligence,” Annals of Botany, 2003).
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