Volatile organic compounds are important mediators of mutualistic interactions between
plants and their physical and biological surroundings. Volatiles rapidly indicate competition …

In spite of initial doubts about the reality of 'talking trees', plant resistance expression
mediated by volatile compounds that come from neighboring plants is now well described …

" Half of all insect species are dependent on living plant tissues, consuming about 10% of
plant annual production in natural habitats and an even greater percentage in agricultural …

Plants respond to mechanical wounding, herbivore feeding or infection by pathogens with
the release of volatiles. Small C6 molecules termed green‐leaf volatiles form a general …

▪ Abstract As phloem feeders and major vectors of plant viruses, aphids are important pests
of agricultural and horticultural crops worldwide. The processes of aphid settling and …

Since varietal differences in allelopathy of crops against weeds were discovered in the
1970s, much research has documented the potential that allelopathic crops offer for …

Background Aboveground, plants release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that act as
chemical signals between neighbouring plants. It is now well documented that VOCs emitted …

Ecosystem services have received increasing attention in life sciences, but only a limited
amount of quantitative data are available concerning the ability of weeds to provide these …

One of the most important challenges for individual plants is coexistence with their
neighbors. To compensate for their sessile lifestyle, plants developed complex and …

A potential strategy for controlling pests is through the use of “companion plants” within a
crop system. This strategy has been used in several trials to fight against a major crop insect …