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Plants that can reproduce by cloning themselves can share resources and signals to resist herbivores. Clones can change the structure of their leaves according to herbivore stress through the connections between them.
You can read the blog post at https://botany.one/2023/03/clonal-plants-use-smart-connections-to-boost-resistance-against-hungry-insects/
You can read the original research at https://academic.oup.com/aobpla/article/15/2/plac062/6894554
Plants that can reproduce by cloning themselves can share resources and signals to resist herbivores. Clones can change the structure of their leaves according to herbivore stress through the connections between them.
You can read the blog post at https://botany.one/2023/03/clonal-plants-use-smart-connections-to-boost-resistance-against-hungry-insects/
You can read the original research at https://academic.oup.com/aobpla/article/15/2/plac062/6894554