Month: September 2022

NUANCED. "Mechanically injured plants emit substances that are ignored by neighbouring plants, i.e., do not trigger any kind of response behaviour, whereas these same plants all reacted immediately to communicated pest infestation." https://lnkd.in/d3eE69g View in LinkedIn

ROOT EXUDATES. "Plants use such biotic signals to inform each other about the presence, absence and identity of neighbouring plants, growth space, growth disturbances and competition." https://lnkd.in/d3eE69g View in LinkedIn

NEIGHBOR MEMORY. "Plants that are removed and planted elsewhere appear to ‘remember’ the identity of their former closest neighbours for several months." https://lnkd.in/d3eE69g View in LinkedIn

GATEWAY. "Plant cells are connected by plasmodesmata. These connecting channels enable the flow of small molecules as well as ions, metabolites and hormones, and allow the selective exchange (size-exclusion limit) of macromolecules such as proteins, RNAs and even cell bodies." https://lnkd.in/d3eE69g View in LinkedIn

"PLASMODESMATA integrate various communication types and functions, as allowing for both local and long-distance communication." https://lnkd.in/d3eE69g View in LinkedIn

DISTANCE COMMUNICATION. "For long-distance signalling, so-called 'movement proteins’ perform an important role in plants. Movement proteins convey information bearing RNA from the stem and leaves to the remote roots and flowers." https://lnkd.in/d3eE69g View in LinkedIn

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"THE MOVEMENT PROTEIN allows the mRNA to enter the plasmodesmata tunnel and thereby move into the phloem flow (phloem is a specific plant tissue important for nutrition transport). Once the mRNA has entered this transport system, it can reach all parts of the plant relatively rapidly." https://lnkd.in/d3eE69g View in LinkedIn

INFORMATION MOLECULES. "These mRNAs can control the levels of other proteins, and the status of such levels contain information for local tissues, for example, about the general physical condition of the plant, the season, or the presence of dangerous enemies." https://lnkd.in/d3eE69g View in LinkedIn

“PLANTS COMMUNICATE by releasing volatile organic compounds picked up by their neighbors, and through the root mycorrhizal system. In both cases, neighboring plants respond in minutes to these signals. Could we learn to tap into these communication highways?” https://lnkd.in/duy7ajr View in LinkedIn