Nature surrenders flowery secrets to international team - A recent publication in Science reports a mathematical model describing how plants arrange their flowers on the stem. The researchers integrated into their model knowledge from several disciplines - plant molecular biology, mathematics and evolution, creating a unified theory of flower branching diversity.

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Plants tag insect herbivores with an alarm - In response to insects chewing on their leaves, plants can emit airborne chemicals to ramp up defenses or attract the insect’s predators. In a recent issue of Plant Physiology, researchers report a new class of small proteins that are involved in this defense strategy.
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