Plants form networks to communicate
5 10 2007“Researchers at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands have
found that certain types of plants form underground networks of runners
that they use for communication with neighboring plants of the same
species. From Science Daily:
Recently [Josef] Stuefer and his colleagues were the first to
demonstrate that clover plants warn each other via the network links if
enemies are nearby. If one of the plants is attacked by caterpillars,
the other members of the network are warned via an internal signal.
Once warned, the intact plants strengthen their chemical and mechanical
resistance so that they are less attractive for advancing caterpillars.”
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