Plants choose ammunition carefully

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 12:00 in Biology & Nature

Plants are anything but as defenceless as they might seem. Various plant hormones work together to specifically fend off attacks. Dutch-sponsored researcher Antonio Leon-Reyes has now shown how these hormones cooperate. By 'consulting' with each other plant hormones determine which defence mechanism they shall set in motion...

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