Before revision: The word, which means "exterminated by the plant" (from the Greek φυτόν "plant" and the Latin caedere "to kill"), was coined in 1928 by Dr. Boris P. Tokin, a Soviet biochemist then studying at Moscow State University.Ректоры Томского университета, page 111 He found that some plants give off very active substances that help to prevent them from rotting or from being eaten by some insects and animals
After revision: The word, which means "exterminated by the plant" (from the Greek φυτόν "plant" and the Latin caedere "to kill"), was coined in 1928 by . Boris P. Tokin, a Soviet biochemist then studying at Moscow State University.Ректоры Томского университета, page 111 He found that some plants give off very active substances that help to prevent them from rotting or from being eaten by some insects and animals