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Wicked Plants?
Toxic? Yes!….. But wicked? Wicked (wik’id) adj. [Middle English wikke, evil, akin to Old English wicce, witch] “1. morally bad or wrong; acting or done with evil intent; depraved; in… more →
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Wicked Plants?
howplantswork wrote 5 months ago: Toxic? Yes!….. But wicked? Wicked (wik’id) adj. [Middle English wikke, evil, akin to Old … more →
Plant Versus Plant: Some Plants Kill Other Plants Using Natural Herbicides
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howplantswork wrote 6 months ago: Alien Invader Uses Chemical Warfare Spotted knapweed (photo left) is an invasive plant in North Amer … more →
Do Plants Have an Immune System?
howplantswork wrote 7 months ago: It Depends on How You Define “Immune System” Plants get sick. That is, they can be infec … more →
Flowers: What You See Versus What the Bees See
howplantswork wrote 1 year ago: The eye of a honey bee (photo credits). Flowers look very different to insect pollinators, such as h … more →
Plant Gas - How Humans, Insects, and Other Plants May Be Affected
howplantswork wrote 1 year ago: Can humans measure photosynthesis on a global scale? Since plants consume CO2 during photosynthesis, … more →
Evolutionary Benefits of "Hotness" to Chili Plants
howplantswork wrote 1 year ago: Nearly 2 billion people will eat a chili pepper today, mainly because of their pungent flavor, that … more →
"Talking" Plants: Stressed Plants and Wintergreen Lifesavers (and Aspirin)
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howplantswork wrote 1 year ago: What do wintergreen lifesavers have to do with stressed plants? And what is a “stressed” … more →
Sex Lives of Plants May Be Improved By Two Different Chemicals Produced By Flowers
howplantswork wrote 1 year ago: Sex. Animals do it. And plants do it, too. To enhance sex (cross-pollination), the flowers of some p … more →
