Seedlings thrive with distant relatives, seeds with close family
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 16:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A variety of plant seedlings suffer most from competition when planted with close relatives, and grow best when planted alongside distant relatives in field soils, researchers from Case Western Reserve University and the University of California, Davis, have found.
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