Learn how plants communicate through chemical signals, and why losing biodiversity can disrupt these hidden communication ...

Plants do not stay silent. New research shows how plant diversity changes smell based communication across ecosystems.

Plants communicate with other organisms by releasing volatile organic compounds into their environment through their flowers, leaves, and roots. These signaling molecules attract pollinators, repel ...

DAVIS--"To thine own self be true" may take on a new meaning—not with people or animal behavior but with plant behavior. Plants engage in self-recognition and can communicate danger to their "clones" ...

Female moths avoid laying eggs on stressed plants that emit ultrasonic sounds. Instead, they choose silent, healthy plants.

The Jena Experiment provided the ideal conditions for our research," says first author Pamela Medina van Berkum. The biggest challenge in outdoor experiments is measuring the volatile compounds ...

Pamela Medina van Berkum collects volatile organic compounds from communities and individual plants in the field at the Jena Experiment field site (https://the-jena-experiment.de/). In her experiments ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Kiel have provided experimental evidence showing that reducing plant species diversity alters plant chemical signals ...