A study has found that plants talk to one another when under attack via the symbiotic funghi mycorrhizae.
Networks of mycorrhizae cover the roots of most plants, using their larger underground surface area to gather up more water and nutrients that the plant roots could possibly gather alone. They also improve surrounding soil quality, sending out root threads to separate clay platelets and get air and water to the main roots. Now, a team of biologists has proven that the funghi is even more vital to species survival than previously thought.
By: Liat Clark, Edited by: Ian Steadman
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/10/plants-talk-via-funghi
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