Ep. 467 - Roots & the Struggle for Nutrients

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Competition for nutrients is a major driver of plant evolution, especially in nutrient-poor soils. As such, plants have evolved myriad ways of getting a "root up" on the competition. Dr. Jim Dalling joins us to discuss two recent discoveries related to two species with distinct and incredible root adaptations aimed at maximizing nutrient capture in highly competitive tropical ecosystems. This episode was produced in part by Cathy, Simon, Nick, Paul, Charis, EJ, Laura, Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast
0:03.8	of Indefensive Plants.
0:05.3	What's up? This is your host Matt. Welcome to the show.
0:07.4	How is everyone doing this week?
0:09.2	I would be doing great if you considered supporting Indefensive Plants because conversations like we're
0:13.2	having today can't happen without your support. One of the best ways to do that is to become a
0:17.6	patron over at patreon.com slash Indefensive Plants. Go check it out. There's links at Indefensive Plants
0:23.3	dot com if you don't want to remember that. But for supporting the
0:25.9	podcast with a little financial contribution each month, you get a bunch of
0:28.8	cool kickbacks including access to bonus episodes. And I literally could not be doing this without patrons.
0:34.2	So thank you to everyone that's kicked in so far.
0:36.6	But today is such a cool conversation
0:39.7	and it involves someone that's been pretty influential in my scientific career.
0:44.0	Today we're talking to Dr. Jim Dalling, who helped mentor me throughout my PhD process.
0:50.0	Dr. Dalling's take on tropical ecology is so fun to listen to. He thinks big ideas but applies
0:56.1	it to natural history. And today we're going to discuss two really cool discoveries that came
1:00.4	out of work that he and his colleagues were up to in Panama
1:03.5	and it involves two different kinds of plants
1:05.4	doing some really strange things with roots
1:08.1	all in the quest for nutrients.
1:10.5	I don't want to spoil any of us Thunder
1:11.9	because he is such a great storyteller, but I just want to say that my neighbors seem to really like Dodge Challengers and drag racing them.
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