Planting more trees with nectar-secreting structures not only offers a greener strategy for reforestation and carbon capture, but also enhances the health of neighbouring trees by attracting ant defenders
Tag - anti-herbivory defence
Dale Maylea
Plant defences can be overwhelmed by a snail’s sweet tooth
Building up toxic metals in the leaves won't deter snails from taking a nibble, if the leaf is sweet enough.
Alun Salt
Can a salad taste you back?
Normally when a headline asks a stupid question the answer is 'no', but new research suggests a better answer is 'maybe'.
Alarming role for druse* crystals
With all the hi-tech, whizzy methodology at our disposal nowadays you can be forgiven for thinking that we know all we need to know about plants. But, and I always find this realisation rather humbling, that is not the...
Nigel Chaffey
Warning: Aposematism Alert!
Kazuo Yamazaki and Simcha Lev-Yadun suggest reflect that the production of white trichomes by some plants might mimic arthropod silk.
