In 2016 we reported evidence for associative learning in plants (Gagliano et al., 2016). In view of the far-reaching implications of this finding we welcome the attempt made by Markel to replicate our study (Markel, 2020). However, as we discuss here, the protocol employed by Markel was unsuitable for testing for associative learning.
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Comment on 'Lack of evidence for associative learning in pea plants'
Authors
Monica Gagliano (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science and Engineering - Legacy
Vladyslav V Vyazovskiy (Author) - University of Oxford
Alexander A Borbély (Author) - University of Zurich
Martial Depczynski (Author) - The University of Western Australia
Ben Radford (Author) - The University of Western Australia