Chapter 37, Problem 1COQ

Summary Introduction

To determine: The reason due to which most wild plant are distasteful, and some even poisonous to people.

Introduction: An organism’s response to an external or an internal stimulus is known as its behavior. Herbivores and pathogens are likely to attack plants and the plants use structural features like outer bark, cuticles, and epidermal trichomes to protect themselves from herbivore attacks and pathogenic infections.