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--- secret_life_of_plants [2011-04-17 19:13] – [Latest Soviet Discoveries] cocky
+++ secret_life_of_plants [2011-04-17 19:37] – [Pioneers of Plant Mysteries] cocky
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 discovered the "conditioned reflex," the Kazakh scientists simultaneously "punished" a philodendron with an electrical shock each time a
 mineralized ore was placed next to it. They reported that, after condi-
-tioning, the same plant, anticipating the hurtful shock, would get "emo-
+tioning, the same plant, anticipating the hurtful shock, would get "emotionally upset" whenever the block of ore was put beside it. Further-
-tionally upset" whenever the block of ore was put beside it. Further-
 more, said the Kazakh scientists, the plant could distinguish between
-mineralized ore and a similar piece of barren rock containing no miner-
+mineralized ore and a similar piece of barren rock containing no minerals, a feat which might indicate that plants will one day be used in
-als, a feat which might indicate that plants will one day be used in
 **geological prospecting.**  Pg 69
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 the soil. Leaves turn to light because they are "heliotropic" or "phototropic." Roots questing water are described as "hydrotropic," and those
 bending against the flow of a stream "rheatropic." The tendril's touch
-is known as its "thigmotropism." Pg 99.
+is known as its "thigmotropism." Pg 99.  //
-//
 related libarynth topic: //  [[plant movement]]