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The

Communication of
Plants

The infected plant emits volatile


compounds to warn the other
plant about the danger

Corn earworm on a
cotton boll

A parasitic wasp attacks a


caterpillar

Tomato plants can receive signals


from their neighbours

The mycelium of a fungus spreading


through soil

A Doddler vine sniffs out a tomato


plant and moves towards it

Mimicry

Sources
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141111plants-have-a-hidden-internet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk-12s
7tB_Y
https://plantscientist.wordpress.com/2013
/06/24/watch-out-mate-aphids-are-about-pl
ant-to-plant-communication-via-mycorrhiza
l-fungi/
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/ar/archive/oct9
8/sos1098.htm

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