ALL Plants Have Color Vision?!
Plants can tell when competitors are nearby because they can see them.
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Show Notes
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Shade avoidance: changes in plant body form and function that occur in response to the light signals provided by neighboring vegetation
- Photoreceptors: light-sensitive proteins involved in the sensing and response to light in a variety of organisms
- Far-red light: light at the extreme red end of the visible spectrum, just before infrared light (wavelength of ~700 to 750 nm)
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