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Curr Opin Insect Sci

Title:		Specificity and context-dependency of plant-plant communication in response to insect herbivory
Author(s):		Moreira X; Abdala-Roberts L;
Address:		"Mision Biologica de Galicia (MBG-CSIC), Apartado de Correos 28, 36080, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. Electronic address: xmoreira1@gmail.com. Departamento de Ecologia Tropical, Campus de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Apartado, Postal 4-116, Itzimna, 97000, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico"
Journal Title:		Curr Opin Insect Sci
Year:		2019
Volume:		20180910
Issue:
Page Number:		15 - 21
DOI:		10.1016/j.cois.2018.09.003
ISSN/ISBN:		2214-5753 (Electronic)
Abstract:		"Over three decades of work on airborne plant communication have taught us that plants send, receive, and respond to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by conspecific as well as heterospecific neighbouring plants. Much of this research has focused on the consequences of plant-plant communication on resistance against herbivory, with studies showing that VOCs emitted by herbivore-damaged plants increase resistance of neighbouring undamaged plants. However, a key aspect that has received less attention concerns the ecological specificity and context-dependency of this phenomenon. Knowledge on this is crucial for assessing the ecological mechanisms that govern plant communication, determining its biological significance under natural conditions, as well as designing effective strategies for its application (e.g. in crop protection). Here we synthesize important advances from incipient work on the ecological specificity of plant communication according to three main aspects: plant-based specificity, herbivore-based specificity, and the influence of the abiotic context. We then provide some ideas for future research to improve our understanding of the specificity of plant communication and its ecological and evolutionary importance"
Keywords:		Animals *Herbivory Insecta Plant Physiological Phenomena Plants/*chemistry Volatile Organic Compounds/*metabolism/pharmacology;
Notes:		"MedlineMoreira, Xoaquin Abdala-Roberts, Luis eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review Netherlands 2019/05/23 Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2019 Apr; 32:15-21. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.09.003. Epub 2018 Sep 10"