Grass Defends Turf Naturally

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: August 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Length: 01:30

Most people don’t know it, but some plants go to extremes to defend their turf. Some even produce a kind of poison to kill off the competition... Read the full description.

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Playing: Grass Defends Turf Naturally
From: Pat Maxwell

Isla_earth_inlay Most people don’t know it, but some plants go to extremes to defend their turf. Some even produce a kind of poison to kill off the competition... Leslie Weston and fellow researchers at Cornell University recently identified several grasses that defend themselves this way. And their defense mechanism could reduce the need for commercial herbicides...

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Most people don’t know it, but some plants go to extremes to defend their turf. Some even produce a kind of poison to kill off the competition... Leslie Weston and fellow researchers at Cornell University recently identified several grasses that defend themselves this way. And their defense mechanism could reduce the need for commercial herbicides...