Plants hear their pollinators, and produce sweet nectar in response

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• $marojejian 5 hours ago

  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.

• $cjbenedikt 4 hours ago

  Link to study?