Walnut trees emit aspirin-like chemical to deal with stress
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 17:28
in Biology & Nature
Walnut trees respond to stress by producing significant amounts of a chemical form of aspirin, scientists have discovered. The finding, by scientists at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., opens up new avenues of research into the behaviour of plants and their impacts on air quality, and also has the potential to give farmers an early warning signal about crops that are failing...
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