Do you speak chemistry?

• Published in: EMBO reports Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 626 - 629
• Main Authors: Mithöfer, Axel, Boland, Wilhelm
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Chemical ecology; Flowers & plants; Predators

Plants have evolved sophisticated chemical communication to sense and warn each other of predators, and to fight back. Understanding the details of this chemical language could aid the search for natural and sustainable methods to increase yields in agriculture.