Through thorns to the leaves
Natalia Reznik Plants need a plant so that no one ate it. By “nickname” we usually mean mammals, but, it turns out, thorns can also interfere with herbivore insects. Of course, they do not dig in the mouth of the caterpillar, but they significantly complicate the food process. However, the researchers until recently did not pay much attention to the thorns, they were more interested in other means of protection: toxic substances secreted by plants, as well as glandular and non -ferrous hairs.