Sentences with phrase «mechanism against insect»
Potatoes naturally produce solanine and chaconine, a related glycoalkaloid, as a defense mechanism against insects, disease and predators (humans included).
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«We don't yet know how they are being exchanged in terms of the mechanism, but it seems that many different organisms, including plants, fungi and insects, are using microRNAs as remote signals against other organisms.
However, sooner or later, insect species may be able to develop a mechanism of resistance against any pesticides.
Solanine is a defense mechanism in some Solanaceae plants, used to protect against natural threats such as insects and small animals.
Over hundreds of millions of years, certain plants have developed highly effective defense mechanisms against potentially harmful insects.
Regardless many of the defensive mechanisms that plants have against insects and pathogens require that the plant recognize that it is being attacked.