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Study finds plants need active social lives to stay healthy
Published: 29 October 2015
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STUDY FINDS PLANTS NEED ACTIVE SOCIAL LIVES TO STAY HEALTHY
Canadian plant science researchers in collaboration with Montreal-based Inocucor Technologies Inc. have discovered new clues about the active social lives of plants, which use molecular signals to engage in constant life-enhancing conversations with thousands of microbes in their ecosystem. 鈥淭he phyto-microbiome is like a crowded party. You hear a din of conversation, but it is difficult to make out what any one person is saying,鈥 said the study鈥檚 author and lead researcher, Donald L. Smith, chair of Inocucor鈥檚 Scientific Advisory Board and a plant science professor at 平特五不中.
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