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Nature

Title:		Surface-to-air signals
Author(s):		Farmer EE;
Address:		"Gene Expression Laboratory, Ecology Institute, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. edwardelliston.farmer@ie-bpv.unil.ch"
Journal Title:		Nature
Year:		2001
Volume:		411
Issue:		6839
Page Number:		854 - 856
DOI:		10.1038/35081189
ISSN/ISBN:		0028-0836 (Print) 0028-0836 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Powerful volatile regulators of gene expression, pheromones and other airborne signals are of great interest in biology. Plants are masters of volatile production and release, not just from flowers and fruits, but also from vegetative tissues. The controlled release of bouquets of volatiles from leaves during attack by herbivores helps plants to deter herbivores or attract their predators, but volatiles have other roles in development and in the control of defence gene expression. Some of these roles may include long-distance signalling within and perhaps between plants"
Keywords:		Animals Atmosphere Insecta/physiology *Plant Physiological Phenomena Plants/metabolism/parasitology *Signal Transduction Volatilization;
Notes:		"MedlineFarmer, E E eng Review England 2001/07/19 Nature. 2001 Jun 14; 411(6839):854-6. doi: 10.1038/35081189"