| Title: | How do plants sense volatiles sent by other plants? |
| Address: | "Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia, 80126 Naples, Italy; Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IPSP), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.loreto@unina.it. Department of Biology, Agriculture, and Food Sciences, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-DISBA), Piazzale Aldo Moro 7, 00185 Rome, Italy; Institute for Food Science, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISA), Avellino, Italy. Electronic address: sabato.dauria@cnr.it" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.08.009 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1878-4372 (Electronic) 1360-1385 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Plants communicate via the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with many animals as well as other plants. We still know little about how VOCs are perceived by receiving (eavesdropping) plants. Here we propose a multiple system of VOC perception, where stress-induced VOCs dock on odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) like in animals and are transported to as-yet-unknown receptors mediating downstream metabolic and/or behavioral changes. Constitutive VOCs that are broadly and lifelong emitted by plants do not bind OBPs but may directly change the metabolism of eavesdropping plants. Deciphering how plants listen to their talking neighbors could empower VOCs as a tool for bioinspired strategies of plant defense when challenged by abiotic and biotic stresses" |
| Keywords: | "Animals *Plants Stress, Physiological *Volatile Organic Compounds;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineLoreto, Francesco D'Auria, Sabato eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review England 2021/09/22 Trends Plant Sci. 2022 Jan; 27(1):29-38. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.08.009. Epub 2021 Sep 17" |
