Garden Design Isabel Blaser

Friday 2 August 2019

TED Talk

Stefano Mancuso · The roots of plant intelligence

Stefano Mancuso is a founder of the study of plant neurobiology, which explores signaling and communication at all levels of biological organization, from genetics to molecules, cells and ecological communities.

Plants behave in some oddly intelligent ways: fighting predators, maximizing food opportunities ... But can we think of them as actually having a form of intelligence of their own? Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso presents intriguing evidence.

The Revolutionary Genius of Plants Stefano Mancuso








AÇORES A conteira é a planta com “todas as capacidades para substituir o plástico”

Um grupo de investigadores está a transformar a conteira, hedychium gardnerianumuma planta invasora em abundância nos Açores, numa alternativa ao plástico descartável. Já existem protótipos de pratos e copos e um consórcio europeu está a trabalhar em cuvetes para carnes.