Trilobites: Meet the Overcompensators, Plants That Get Tougher and Meaner When Attacked
Damaging some plants sets off a molecular chain of events that causes them to grow back bigger and produce more seeds and chemical defenses simultaneously. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Flowers and Plants
Topics: simultaneously, defenses, chemical, seeds, produce, bigger, causes, events, chain, molecular, plants, Damaging, Attacked, Meaner, Tougher, Plants, Overcompensators, Trilobites
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/20/science/plants-defenses-overcompensators.html?partner=rss&emc=rss