date:Dec 20, 2013
l compound responsible for synthesizing hydrogen cyanide - as those in normal sorghum plants.
This study separates for the first time the accumulation of dhurrin from the release of hydrogen cyanide, said Dilkes, assistant professor of horticulture and landscape architecture. Both the mutant and normal sorghum plants contain dhurrin, but it's the rate of cyanide release that causes the insects to avoid one in favor of the other. It's a beautiful interaction between animal behavior and plant che