Plants do not stay silent. New research shows how plant diversity changes smell based communication across ecosystems.

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Kiel have provided experimental evidence ...

Learn how plants communicate through chemical signals, and why losing biodiversity can disrupt these hidden communication ...

The Secret Language of Plant Stress Signals When plants face stress, they activate a signaling cascade involving multiple molecules like hydrogen peroxide and plant hormones such as salicylic acid, ...

We may very well be able to translate plant languages soon, scientists claim. While you might think of plants as passive objects just existing on our planet, they are, in fact, living beings, and they ...

A Purdue University-led research team has begun translating the complex molecular language of petunias. Their grammar and vocabulary are well hidden, however, within the countless proteins and other ...

Plants communicate through volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that help them respond to herbivorous pest attacks. This review explored the mechanisms behind these plant communications and their ...

Plants produce an astonishing variety of chemical substances. Most of these metabolites are involved in chemical communication and serve to defend against pests, protect against pathogens, and attract ...

Researchers have cracked the code of plant-to-fungi communication in a new study. Using baker's yeast, the researchers discovered that the plant hormone strigolactone (SL) activates fungal genes and ...

Machine generated contents note: 1. Communication and the evolution of plant-animal interactions -- 1.1. Communication -- 1.2. Signals vs. cues -- Box 1.1 Deceptive communication -- 1.3. Plant-animal ...