Sunday, May 12, 2013

Intelligent communication between plants through fungus network

Image BBC Science and Environment
Clever laboratory experiment in the University of Aberdeen has demonstrated the role of fungi in a sophisticated plant alarm system.

"The team concerned themselves with aphids, tiny insects that feed on and damage plants. Many plants have a chemical armoury that they deploy when aphids attack, with chemicals that both repel the aphids and attract parasitic wasps that are aphids' natural predators."
Read the entire article in BBC May 13 2013 

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