News Stories on Plants—Tools for Inquiry
Are Plants and Trees Intelligent? (ABC News)
New findings on how plants investigate and respond to their environments are part of a sprouting debate over the nature of intelligence itself.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/CSM/story?id=546003&page=1
Plants vs. Insects: An Amazon Epic for the Ages (National Geographic News)
Studies by a university scientist show the defenses plants employ against insects
are primarily governed by the condition of the soils the plants call home.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/03/0307_050307_insects.html
GM Decaf Coffee Plant Created (BBC News)
Japanese scientists use genetic modification technology to create the first decaffeinated coffee plant.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3002112.stm