Plant Smoke Detectors Evolve as Hormone Sensors (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Plant Smoke Detectors Evolve as Hormone Sensors

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A new study shows how plant molecules that originally evolved to detect smoke have been adapted as hormone sensors in pea plants. This has wide implications for crops and green plants in general.

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Nitzan Shabek, UC Davis

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