The Biology of Moonlight?
The moon may have effects on animal behavior (see here for example), but does it affect plants?
Last time I introduced the scientific literature on the subject by referring to a 1946 paper by Beeson (see ref. 1 below) published in the journal Nature. In this paper Dr. Beeson divided the information regarding [...]
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Does the Moon Affect Plants? Part 2: Moonlight and Biorhythms
Posted in Plant Biological Clock, Plant Development, tagged botany, Gardening, Nature, plants, science on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why Plants Tell Time
Posted in Flowering, Plant Biological Clock, Plant Development, tagged botany, plants, science on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last time we had a taste of HOW plants tell time.
But what, if any, are the adaptive advantages to plants for doing so?
It has long been presumed that the ability to anticipate day/night cycles gives organisms a fitness advantage. For example, this would allow plants to anticipate daylight and adjust their photosynthetic metabolism accordingly, [...]
How Plants Tell Time
Posted in Plant Biological Clock, Plant Development, tagged agriculture, botany, plants, science on January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How Do We Know Plants Can Tell Time?
The daily opening and closing of flowers and the rhythmic leaf movement of some plants suggests, even to the casual observer, that plants have an internal clock.
To more careful observers, such as Carl Linnaeus and Charles Darwin, the evidence was clear that plants can tell time.
For example, in [...]
