摘要
Plants, though passive and still as it appears, are considered to be quite active to engage with other living things, particularly in the root part that faces relatively more complicated surroundings. In a recent report in Science, researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and their cooperators from the John Innes Center, UK unraveled new evidence that plants can release certain root chemicals to mould soil microbes to its advantage.