Plants discover the benefits of good neighbours in strategy against herbivores
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 08:16
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scandinavian Scientists have discovered that a species of tree defends itself from herbivore attack by using chemicals emitted by neighbouring plants. The study, published today in New Phytologist, reveals how a species of birch tree adsorbs chemical compounds from neighbouring marsh tea plants, Rhondodendron tomentosum, in a unique 'defence by neighbour strategy'...