| Title: | Plant host finding by parasitic plants: a new perspective on plant to plant communication |
| Author(s): | Mescher MC; Runyon JB; De Moraes CM; |
| Address: | "Center for Chemical Ecology; Department of Entomology; Pennsylvania State University; University Park, Pennsylvania USA" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1559-2316 (Print) 1559-2324 (Electronic) 1559-2316 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Plants release airborne chemicals that can convey ecologically relevant information to other organisms. These plant volatiles are known to mediate a large array of, often complex, interactions between plants and insects. It has been suggested that plant volatiles may have similar importance in mediating interactions among plant species, but there are few well-documented examples of plant-to-plant communication via volatiles, and the ecological significance of such interactions has been much debated. To date, nearly all studies of volatile-mediated interactions among plant species have focused on the reception of herbivore-induced volatiles by neighboring plants. We recently documented volatile effects in another system, demonstrating that the parasitic plant Cuscuta pentagona uses volatile cues to locate its hosts. This finding may broaden the discussion regarding plant-to-plant communication, and suggests that new classes of volatile-meditated interactions among plant species await discovery" |
| Keywords: | Cuscuta pentagona chemical communication host fiding host selection parasitic plants plant volatiles plant-plant communication; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEMescher, Mark C Runyon, Justin B De Moraes, Consuelo M eng 2006/11/01 Plant Signal Behav. 2006 Nov; 1(6):284-6. doi: 10.4161/psb.1.6.3562" |
