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Coadaptation of coexisting plants enhances productivity in an agricultural system
- Agricultural sciences
- Plant sciences
- D-USYS
- Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Organisms exposed to consistent interactions across generations often coevolve to optimize their coexistence. This occurs between plants and pollinators or hosts and parasites. However, it is not known if plants coexisting over multiple generations in a community evolve to avoid competition and boost individual fitness. A study conducted by Anja Schmutz and Christian Schöb at the Agricultural Ecology group at ETH Zurich tackles this question.
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