Plants hear their pollinators, and produce sweet nectar in response

marojejian | 3 points

What most surprised me in this interview is, not only do plants increase sugar for 'efficient' pollinators, but:

>In contrast they respond to the sound of nectar-stealing non-pollinators by cutting back on sugar.

So there is some discrimination in their hearing.

marojejian | 17 hours ago

Link to study?

cjbenedikt | 15 hours ago