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Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 15, 1983
PubMed
まとめ

植物は,損傷を受けたときに隣人を化学的に警告することができます. この研究では,損傷したトポルとメープル植物は,空中に信号を放出し,近くの無傷の植物の防衛化合物の生産を誘発し,潜在的に昆虫を抑止することを示しています.

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