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Sunflowers work as a team to share sunlight

The Week Junior Science+Nature UK

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Issue 80

Research has found that sunflowers move to avoid blocking each other's sunlight.

Sunflowers work as a team to share sunlight

Plants are much more active than you might think. Even though they don't look like they are moving, plants weave and jiggle. Sunflowers planted in a field do an intricate "dance" that maximises the amount of sunlight each plant gets and allows them all to grow better. Scientists from Tel Aviv University in Israel have discovered how they work together so that their leaves move out of the way of their neighbour's shadow.

WEITERE GESCHICHTEN VON The Week Junior Science+Nature UK

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