Plants mobilize their immune defenses far earlier than scientists have believed for decades—and through a previously ...

A new study reveals that plant immune defense involves a previously overlooked early signalling phase driven by jasmonates.

We may very well be able to translate plant languages soon, scientists claim. While you might think of plants as passive objects just existing on our planet, they are, in fact, living beings, and they ...

University of Warwick researchers discover rapid, jasmonate-driven, early immune response in plants using breakthrough live-imaging tool.Plants ...

The Secret Language of Plant Stress Signals When plants face stress, they activate a signaling cascade involving multiple ...

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Plants communicate through volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that help them respond to herbivorous pest attacks. This review explored the mechanisms behind these plant communications and their ...

Plants exchange adaptive information, helping them to adjust to environmental challenges. Salt stress in plants, caused by soil salinity, often results in water loss. Plants often cope with this ...