Plants discover the benefits of good neighbors in strategy against herbivores
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 23:35
in Biology & Nature
Scandinavian scientists have discovered that a species of tree defends itself from herbivore attack by using chemicals emitted by neighboring plants. The study reveals how species of Birch tree absorb chemical compounds from neighboring Marsh tea plants, Rhondodendron tomentosum, in a unique "defense by neighbor strategy."