Re: another plant story on the net

There was a short bit in the March issue of Smithsonian about a gene in corn that, when a caterpillar begins munching, allows the corn to send a chemical signal to parasitic wasps which come, lay eggs on the munchers, and the wasp larva feeds on it when they hatch. Some researchers in Germany transplanted the gene into an unrelated plant which then also could summon the wasps.
Cathy
On Mar 9, 2006, at 5:25 AM, Donna wrote:

ok- this seems a bit far fetched.... but another plant
story on the net....

http://snipurl.com/nczm

Donna

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