PEARLS AND ROSES: Plants Recognize Their Siblings: Biologists Discover!

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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Plants Recognize Their Siblings: Biologists Discover!

Science Daily — The next time you venture into your garden armed with plants, consider who you place next to whom. It turns out that the docile garden plant isn't as passive as widely assumed, at least not with strangers. Researchers at McMaster University have found that plants get fiercely competitive when forced to share their pot with strangers of the same species, but they're accommodating when potted with their siblings. Picture is Susan Dudley, a professor of Biology, who discovered this amazing story! Click here to read it all! http://www.sciencedaily.com/2007/06/070613120941.htm