Thermoregulation

It is hard to believe that some plants produce as much heat for their weight as birds do, which are the greatest heat producers of all. It is even harder to believe that some are able to thermoregulate, which means that they actually alter their heat production to keep their temperature constant in fluctuating air temperatures. This is similar to what mammals do. The article I am reviewing tells about few a plants that do …

…I think one day scientists will be able to genetically remove the genes responsible for the thermoregulation in these plants and implant them into other plants, thereby allowing the growing season of plants to be extended which would allow more crops to be grown. Another possibility might be that these plants could be placed next to plants that do not warm themselves which would allow the other plants to survive when the weather got colder.