Insect bite marks show first fossil evidence for crops’ leaves folding up at night
Journal Reference: Zhuo Feng et al. Specialized herbivory in fossil leaves reveals convergent origins of nyctinasty. Current Biology, 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.043 “Our findings reveal extinct plants evolved foliar nyctinastic movements at such an early stage of plant evolution, which is surprising to me,” said Zhuo Feng of Yunnan University in Kunming, China. “Our discovery is … Read more