In Nature, Dodder Entwines Different Plant Species (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

In Nature, Dodder Entwines Different Plant Species

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The dodder vines can often connect different host plants together forming a network. If any plant in the network is attacked by herbivores, expressions of defense genes in the unattacked neighboring plants are activated. The plants are now on alert and become more resistant to their enemies.

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Jingxiong Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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