Plants in Forest Emit Aspirin Chemical to Deal with Stress; Discovery May Help Agriculture

Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 10:21 in Biology & Nature

Plants in a forest respond to stress by producing a chemical form of aspirin, scientists have discovered. The finding by NCAR opens up new avenues of research into the behavior of plants, and it has the potential to give farmers an early warning signal about crops that are failing.

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