| Title: | Volatile signaling in plant-plant interactions: 'talking trees' in the genomics era |
| Author(s): | Baldwin IT; Halitschke R; Paschold A; von Dahl CC; Preston CA; |
| Address: | "Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans Knoll Strasse 8, Jena 07745, Germany. baldwin@ice.mpg.de" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1095-9203 (Electronic) 0036-8075 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Plants may 'eavesdrop' on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by herbivore-attacked neighbors to activate defenses before being attacked themselves. Transcriptome and signal cascade analyses of VOC-exposed plants suggest that plants eavesdrop to prime direct and indirect defenses and to hone competitive abilities. Advances in research on VOC biosynthesis and perception have facilitated the production of plants that are genetically 'deaf' to particular VOCs or 'mute' in elements of their volatile vocabulary. Such plants, together with advances in VOC analytical instrumentation, will allow researchers to determine whether fluency enhances the fitness of plants in natural communities" |
| Keywords: | "*Adaptation, Physiological Diffusion Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Genomics Mutation Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis Organic Chemicals/*metabolism Plant Leaves/metabolism *Plant Physiological Phenomena Plants/*genetics/metabolism Signal Transd;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineBaldwin, Ian T Halitschke, Rayko Paschold, Anja von Dahl, Caroline C Preston, Catherine A eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review 2006/02/14 Science. 2006 Feb 10; 311(5762):812-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1118446" |
