Reflections in Nature: Plants have ways of defending against insect predators in nature
In last week’s article I promised to tell you about a war that has been raging in nature since the beginning of time. This battle has endured and still rages on in every forest, meadow and planted field. It is a war with no truce, a war between plants and the predators that feed upon them. When besieged by armies of voracious creatures, plants cannot run away or defend themselves physically, however through the years, there are plants that have developed defenses that include deadly poisons and toxic chemicals that give leaf-eaters serious indigestion. Other plants produce ...
