Corn plants warn their neighbors of predators

When corn plants grow close side by side, they are actually more susceptible to predators and pathogens. However, a refined mechanism in these cramped plant communities ensures that the plants can even better defend themselves against pests. As experiments prove, corn plants communicate with each other and acquire useful bacteria in the event of lack of space

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