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Plants hear their pollinators, and produce sweet nectar in response

2 marojejian 2 6/7/2025, 7:27:38 PM cbc.ca ↗

Comments (2)

marojejian · 6h 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 · 5h ago

Link to study?