Study reveals how corn has evolved to sense and respond to the environment


Corn communicates with its neighbours by releasing a gas that prompts nearby plants to alter their soil, a new study has found.

And when corn is densely planted, that can boost defences against pests and predation. But emission of the volatile gas – called linalool – can also reduce maize growth.

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