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.
Tag: anti-herbivory defence
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
Warning: Aposematism Alert!
Kazuo Yamazaki and Simcha Lev-Yadun suggest reflect that the production of white trichomes by some plants might mimic arthropod silk.