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Houses have smoke detectors, but did you know that plants can too? Some plants have a protein that detects a chemical in smoke. Researchers UC Davis used AdvancedLightSource to investigate these proteins in peas and found that they help detect growth hormones: ucdavis.edu/news/plant-smo…

Houses have smoke detectors, but did you know that plants can too? Some plants have a protein that detects a chemical in smoke. Researchers <a href="/ucdavis/">UC Davis</a> used <a href="/advlightsource/">AdvancedLightSource</a> to investigate these proteins in peas and found that they help detect growth hormones: ucdavis.edu/news/plant-smo…