Plant Defenses and Adaptations
Students will investigate the various physical and chemical defense mechanisms plants employ against herbivores and pathogens.
Key Questions
- Explain the different strategies plants use to deter herbivores.
- Analyze how plants respond to pathogen attacks at the cellular level.
- Compare the adaptive advantages of constitutive versus induced plant defenses.
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