TOEFL Read an Academic Passage Practice #058 - Read an Academic Passage - Induced Defenses in Plants

What you will practice

• Reading comprehension
• Evidence and inference
• Time management

Topic: Biology · Read an Academic Passage

Passage preview

When leaf-chewing insects damage a plant, the plant cannot escape, but it can alter its chemistry. Cells near a wound detect fragments from injured tissue and substances in insect saliva. These signals can trigger the production of jasmonates, hormones that…