They do develop tumors, which the paper discusses.

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    11 days ago

    That makes sense. Plants have no control over what chemicals they intake. Whatever is in the soil and water around their roots, they’re going to take up. If there are chemicals that damage the plant’s stem cells’ DNA, they need a way to protect against a bunch of mutations that harm the plant’s ability to grow correctly.