The smell of cut grass…

When there is need for protection, the plant signals the environment via the emission of volatile organic compounds, which are recognized as a feeding queue [sic] for parasitic wasps to come to the plant that is being eaten and lay eggs in the pest insect. Mown grass smell sends SOS for help in resisting insect […]

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