Study: Plants are smarter than we think
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 12:14
in Biology & Nature
NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have discovered when a leaf of a plant is attacked by a pathogen, the plant's roots can secret an acid that contains beneficial bacteria.
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