`Scaring` soybeans into defensive mode yields better plants a generation later
(PHYSorg.com Biology)

By temporarily silencing the expression of a critical gene, researchers fooled soybean plants into sensing they were under siege, encountering a wide range of stresses. Then, after selectively cross breeding those plants with the original stock, the progeny `remember` the stress-induced responses to become more vigorous, resilient and productive plants, according to a team of researchers.