[Terrapreta] Plant reaction to stress

[Sean K. Barry]

Hi Max,

Cheney, GW and company must make decisions like plants do.  There is lots of hitherto evidence that they think at the level of plants already.  I think they figured that if we can drop some fruit (cull a couple billion people or so from the planet) and keep their stupid wars going for a 100 years or so, well, then oil will still be expensive (good, good, good! so good!) but it won't be so scarce for them.   As long a they keep populations under stress; you know, unfair wars on non-US territory, inundations and droughts left to go, and no help applied, unhindered desperation for the lives of many), then the population decline will proceed.  It's all good for the haves and not-so-good, or in fact un-survivable for the have-nots.

It's like their motto "Go green, think like a plant, vote without conscience."

Regards,

SKB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: MFH<mailto:mfh01 at bigpond.net.au> 
  To: 'Nikolaus Foidl'<mailto:nfoidl at desa.com.bo> ; terrapreta at bioenergylists.org<mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org> 
  Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 5:28 PM
  Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Plant reaction to stress


  Nikolaus,

  There are different reactions in plants subjected to (a) long-term
  continuous stress like drought, and (b) sudden shorter-term stress like a
  bushfire.

  In both cases the initial reaction will be to try and produce more
  offspring, normally by increased flower and seed setting. In the case of
  long-term stress the plant will make a decision that it doesn't have the
  resources to handle this, and most flower/seed development will cease.

  Even in the case of short-term stress, a stage will come where the plant
  somehow understands that it cannot bring all the set fruit to maturity and
  there will be a partial shedding of fruit. This is common even without the
  stress incentive.

  Max H


  -----Original Message-----
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  [mailto:terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Nikolaus Foidl
  Sent: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 12:53 AM
  To: terrapreta at bioenergylists.org<mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
  Subject: [Terrapreta] Plant reaction to stress


  Dear SEAN,MFH!

  A small but essential correction,plants when under stress under a continuous
  (nutrient and other limiting factors taking in a count) inventory, decide
  to abort flowers, onset of fruits and half developed fruits to guarantee
  that the remaining off springs have good quality and are viable reservoirs
  of there genes. They do not rise seed production under stress, in contrary.

  Plants do not have a selfish, individual centered live , they always
  concentrate on the survival of the species.This is better done with less but
  well developed seeds.The human being is the only species, that reproduces
  with the focus that the children might sustain their parents in case of
  crisis. In plants, this never would happen.

  Best regards Nikolaus

   



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