Plants are intelligent; now what?

Daniel A. Chamovitz

doi:10.1038/s41477-018-0237-3

Plants are intelligent; now what?

Daniel A. Chamovitz^*

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School of Plant Sciences and Food Security

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Abstract

Like all living organisms, without exception, plants integrate many external signals to adapt to their environment and increase their fitness. Is this a proof of intelligence? It depends on the meaning of the word; and it really does not matter.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	622-623
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Plants
Volume	4
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0237-3
State	Published - 1 Sep 2018

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