Swarm intelligence in plant roots

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 2010 Italy English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Trends in Ecology & Evolution, volume 25, pages 682-683 (issn: 0169-5347,

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Authors: F. Baluška; S. Lev Yadun; MANCUSO, STEFANO;

doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.09.003

pmid: 20952090

handle: 2158/399143

Swarm intelligence in plant roots

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Swarm intelligence in animals and humans has recently been reviewed [1]. These authors posited that swarm intelligence occurs when two or more individuals independently, or at least partly independently, acquire information that is processed through social interactions and is used to solve a cognitive problem in a way that would be impossible for isolated individuals. We propose at least one example of swarm intelligence in plants: coordination of individual roots in complex root systems.

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Soil, Mycorrhizae, Biological Evolution, Plant Roots, Ecosystem, Rhizobium

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