Animal saliva has stronger effects on plant growth than salivary components

Mutualism between plants and animals demonstrates that grazing has positive impacts on plant growth. Animal saliva plays an important role in plant–herbivore interactions, and various salivary components work for the beneficial relationship. This study was performed to compare responses of Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvelev.(Poaceae) to sheep saliva and two salivary components.One randomized bl…