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The earthworms selectively fed on slow-germinating, nitrogen-rich seeds and seedlings, actively ingesting the plant material, killing the young plant.
BBC: Earth News - Earthworms eat live seeds and plants, scientists find
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Earthworms' taste for seeds and seedlings could alter the way we think about both the worms, and plant communities.
BBC: Earth News - Earthworms eat live seeds and plants, scientists find
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When the researchers examined the ratio of N15 within the tissue of earthworms offered legume seeds, it decreased significantly, demonstrating that earthworms feed upon, and prefer, legume seeds and seedlings.
BBC: Earth News - Earthworms eat live seeds and plants, scientists find
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Having harvested and germinated seeds from her hand pollinated plants, Minushika scored those seedlings for presence or absence of the red fleck and white V leaf marks and assayed for a specific genetic precursor and enzyme need for the production of hydrogen cyanide.
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