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Plants offer fruit to insects to disperse dust-like seeds

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plants offer fruit to insects to disperse dust like seeds

Fruit exist to invite animals to disperse the swallowed seeds. A research team found that plants targeting insects rather than birds or mammals for this service are more common than previously thought. These plants produce dust-like seeds and fruit suitable for the minute, ground-dwelling animals.

Source: ScienceDaily.com