How Rice Plants Kick Out Party Crashers

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By Elizabeth Preston
Oct 4, 2012 11:56 PMNov 5, 2019 12:20 AM

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To really sympathize with rice—and to understand why it's developed tricks for bossing insects around—I need you to imagine you're a plant throwing a party.

Have you got it? Let's say it's a sushi-making party, since, you know, you're a rice plant and you already have one ingredient.

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