加载中…基因编辑产生的“音乐植物”(上)
(2023-06-05 11:23:19)
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基因音乐植物 |
分类： 拾零 |
- Gene-editing has created a generation of musical crops
- 基因编辑创造了一代音乐作物
- It has been known for some time that plants can talk to one another.
- 人们知道植物可以相互交谈已经有段时间了。
- Many communicate chemically, both through the air and via their roots—warning each other, for example, of the arrival of herbivorous insects in order to co-ordinate their responses to these pests.
- 许多植物通过空气和树根进行化学交流——例如，相互警告食草昆虫的到来，以便协调它们对这些害虫的反应。
- Those responses are also often a form of communication, namely a further release of chemicals that recruit predators and parasites of said herbivores.
- 这些反应通常也是一种交流形式，即进一步释放化学物质，以“招募”这些食草昆虫的捕食者和寄生虫。
- These then solve their summoners' problems by having lunch.
- 然后，它们可以帮忙解决召集生物的一顿午餐难题了。
- Plants' interactions with sound are less well understood, though it is known that flowers such as evening primroses can detect the buzzing of bees and respond by producing sweeter nectar.
- 植物与声音的相互作用还不太清楚，尽管人们知道，像月见草这样的花可以探测到蜜蜂的嗡嗡声，并通过产生更甜的花蜜来回应。
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