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2009-07-01 |

Plants engage in self-recognition and warn of danger

Plants engage in self-recognition and can communicate danger to their ”clones” or genetically identical cuttings planted nearby, says professor Richard Karban of the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, in groundbreaking research published in the current edition of Ecology Letters. [...] The sagebrush communicated and cooperated with other branches of themselves to avoid being eaten by grasshoppers, Karban said.

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2009-07-01 |

Plants engage in self-recognition and warn of danger

Plants engage in self-recognition and can communicate danger to their ”clones” or genetically identical cuttings planted nearby, says professor Richard Karban of the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, in groundbreaking research published in the current edition of Ecology Letters. [...] The sagebrush communicated and cooperated with other branches of themselves to avoid being eaten by grasshoppers, Karban said.

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