Re: another plant story on the net

---

• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] another plant story on the net
• From: Donna g*@sbcglobal.net
• Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:55:35 -0800 (PST)
• In-reply-to: 207ADB6D-0A87-42AC-B511-6E853F1E720D@insightbb.com

really, hadn't heard about that - got a link to the
story?

Donna

--- Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To sign-off this list, send email to
> majordomo@hort.net with the
> > message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> 
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to
> majordomo@hort.net with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

• Follow-Ups:
  • Re: another plant story on the net
    • From: C* C*

• References:
  • Re: another plant story on the net
    • From: C* C*

• Prev by Date: Re: Spring
• Next by Date: RE: Physocarpus
• Previous by thread: Re: another plant story on the net
• Next by thread: Re: another plant story on the net