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SUBMITTER: Shiojiri K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3334854 | biostudies-other | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Shiojiri Kaori K Ozawa Rika R Matsui Kenji K Sabelis Maurice W MW Takabayashi Junji J
Scientific reports 20120424
Plants are known to mount a defensive response when exposed to volatile chemicals from other plants, but the critical concentration required for this response is not known. We showed that intermittent exposure over a period of 3 weeks to trace amounts (less than 140 pptV) of green leaf volatiles emitted by a freshly damaged Arabidopsis plant induced physiological (defensive) responses in undamaged neighbouring plants. These results demonstrated that plants can respond to long-term repeated expos ...[more]