Cyanide seeds
Description
Following their discovery of a master molecule in smoke which causes seeds of many Australian native plants to germinate, Australian researchers observed that the West Australian Kangaroo Paw doesn't germinate in response to the master molecule - so what does it respond to? Tanya Ha learns how, for Kangaroo Paw at least, smoke contributes to the release of a life giving substance - cyanide!
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6 min
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Date of Publication
2011
Database
Alexander Street
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