News & Articles By RJ Jhonson
06/05/2018 / By RJ Jhonson
Tomato plants “eavesdrop” on snails to build preemptive defenses
New research could change the way you see the tomato. Findings published in this year’s March edition of Oecologia indicate that this salad favorite can detect an incoming attack from pests and launch a preemptive defense system that deters various herbivorous species. John Orrock, an ecologist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, found that tomatoes can […]
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