A little beach plant can recognize other plants that grew from its own mother’s seeds, according to experiments on root growth.
BEACH CROWD. When the Great Lakes sea rocket (Cakile edentula var. lacustris) sprouts in a cluster of close relatives, it competes at root level less vigorously than it would among strangers.
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