Tags: plants, stress responses
Categories: Pseudo-explanations
An example of anthropomorphism in public science dicourse:
"When the plant realises that the external stresses are too great and that could be though very high temperatures, air temperatures, or it could be through water stress, i.e., there isn't sufficient water in the soil for the plant to take up, then the plant has to shut its stomata…"
Dr Nicola Cannon
Dr Nicola Cannon from the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester was interviewed on an episode ('Heatwave: the consequences') of BBC Inside Science.
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