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If houseplants could talk: communication and the natural world

Outside/In

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The Power of Plant Communication

Plants can produce chemicals that reduce the nutritional value of those plants, or act as toxins and interfere with physiological processes. Richard Carbon: "They're eavesdropping on what's happening to their neighbors" The roots of one plant can emit chemicals that stop the root growth of other plants around them.

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