"Understanding how a plant's chemical signals change with plant diversity in its environment helps us to see the loss of biodiversity as more than just a loss of species. It also changes the chemical ...

Researchers investigated the molecular basis of plant-plant interactions mediated by VOCs, aiming to develop alternatives to chemical pest control for agricultural and horticultural applications.

In Lena Mueller’s lab at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, dead plants are OK. “Don’t worry, it’s on purpose,” said Kelly Semtner, Mueller’s high school intern, gesturing at a row of wilted ...

Plants communicate with neighbouring plants to activate an airborne defence against aphids. However, the genetic pathway underlying this defence mechanism is unknown. A signalling cascade centred ...

Plants are constantly sending chemical messages into the air and soil around them. These invisible signals can summon pollinators, warn neighbors of herbivores, or repel attackers. But new research ...

When plants face stress, they activate a signaling cascade involving multiple molecules like hydrogen peroxide and plant hormones such as salicylic acid, leading to resistance or stress adaptation. It ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory reports that plant scientists have teamed with manufacturing systems engineers at the lab .... ...

Plants communicate with other organisms by releasing volatile organic compounds into their environment through their flowers, leaves, and roots. These signaling molecules attract pollinators, repel ...

Pamela Medina van Berkum collects volatile organic compounds from communities and individual plants in the field at the Jena Experiment field site (https://the-jena-experiment.de/). In her experiments ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Kiel have provided experimental evidence showing that reducing plant species diversity alters plant chemical signals ...