Making friends with fronds: understanding plants’ feelings
How do plants sense and respond to the world around them - and do they listen when we talk?
Published 6 November 2017
Dr Kim Johnson shares how an early fascination with plants’ movements led to studying how they adapt to their environments. Far from being passive organisms, plants are constantly sensing and responding to their surroundings, including us.
She discusses how plants have contributed to scientific understanding of processes like RNA silencing and how the mechanisms that give plants their shape can help grow better crops.
Producers: Dr Andi Horvath and Chris Hatzis Editor: Chris Hatzis Audio engineer: Chris Hatzis Production assistant: Claudia Hooper
Recorded: 24 October 2017
Banner image: Claudia Hooper/University of Melbourne
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