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Herbivore-induced Blueberry Volatiles and Intra-plant Signaling
Published on: December 18, 2011
Plant volatile-mediated signalling and its application in agriculture: successes and challenges
John A Pickett1, Zeyaur R Khan2
1Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.
Abstract:
856 I. 856 II. 857 III. 858 IV. 859 V. 860 VI. 862 VII. 863 VIII. 864 IX. 866 866 References 866 SUMMARY: The mediation of volatile secondary metabolites in signalling between plants and other organisms has long been seen as presenting opportunities for sustainable crop protection. Initially, exploitation of interactions between plants and other organisms, particularly insect pests, foundered because of difficulties in delivering, sustainably, the signal systems for crop protection. We now have mounting and, in some cases, clear practical evidence for successful delivery by companion cropping or next-generation genetic modification (GM). At the same time, the type of plant signalling being exploited has expanded to signalling from plants to organisms antagonistic to pests, and to plant stress-induced, or primed, plant-to-plant signalling for defence and growth stimulation.
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