Plants may look inert and harmless, but, at any given moment, they’re waging chemical warfare against attackers, preparing tissues to withstand freezing temperatures or synthesizing compounds that become medicines for humans. The leafy biochemists produce more than one million chemicals, or metabolites, to help them survive their rooted existence.
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Plants speak in chemicals
Amit Rai is an assistant professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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