Primitive Plants Use Heat And Odor To Woo Pollinating Insects

University of Utah scientists discovered a strange method of reproduction in primitive plants named cycads: The plants heat up and emit a toxic odor to drive pollen-covered insects out of male cycad cones, and then use a milder odor to draw the bugs into female cones so the plants are pollinated. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Biology on October 5th, 2007