Special Feature 1 – The Wondrous Survival Strategies of Plants The ingenious modes of evolution that ensured plants’ survival for 470 million years

Plants cannot simply get up and move to a different environment. However, plants that have adapted to the environment in which they have emerged and expanded their habitats via methods of reproduction that ensure the continuation of life flourish across the globe. They have the ability to produce organic matter from inorganic substances by means of photosynthesis and their unparalleled productivity helps to provide nourishment for animals. Charles Darwin is reputed to have said, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” This statement truly does apply to plants.