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2 days agoAI needs solid botanical data more than ever
The disappearance of specialized botany programs threatens biodiversity research and the effectiveness of AI in biotechnology.
"Granted, "[p]lants have extensive and well established mechanisms of communication, with that of volatiles being the most well studied and understood," he added. "There is also growing recognition that root exudates play a role in plant-plant interactions, though this is only now being deeply investigated. Nothing else, communication through mychorriza, has withstood independent investigation."