Deciphering Chemical Language of Plant Communication (eBook)

James D. Blande, Robert Glinwood (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
VIII, 326 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-33498-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides an overview of the intricacies of plant communication via volatile chemicals. Plants produce an extraordinarily vast array of chemicals, which provide community members with detailed information about the producer's identity, physiology and phenology. Volatile organic chemicals, either as individual compounds or complex chemical blends, are a communication medium operating between plants and any organism able to detect the compounds and respond.  The ecological and evolutionary origins of particular interactions between plants and the greater community have been, and will continue to be, strenuously debated. However, it is clear that chemicals, and particularly volatile chemicals, constitute a medium akin to a linguistic tool.  As well as possessing a rich chemical vocabulary, plants are known to detect and respond to chemical cues.  These cues can originate from neighbouring plants, or other associated community members. This book begins with chapters on the complexity of chemical messages, provides a broad perspective on a range of ecological interactions mediated by volatile chemicals, and extends to cutting edge developments on the detection of chemicals by plants.       

Inhalt

Section 1: Plant Volatiles – complexity of chemical
messages.- 1. Temporal dynamics of
plant volatiles: mechanistic bases and functional consequences.- 2. Environmental impacts
on plant volatile emission.- 3. Impacts of induction
of plant volatiles by individual and multiple stressors across multiple trophic
levels.- 4. Measuring rapid
changes in plant volatiles at different spatial levels.- Section 2: Ecology of
volatile mediated communication processes.- 5. Who’s listening to
talking plants?.- 6. Ecological role of odour
diversity.- 7. Neighbour recognition
through volatile-mediated interactions.- 8. Calling in the dark:
The role of volatiles for communication in the rhizosphere.- 9. Complexity of plant
volatile-mediated interactions beyond the third trophic level.- 10. On the air:
Broadcasting and reception of volatile messages in brood-site pollination
mutualisms.- 11. Multifunctional and
diverse floral scents mediate biotic interactions embedded in communities.- Section 3: Mechanisms
of volatile detection by plants.- 12. Plant
electrophysiology – early stages of the plant response to chemical signals.- 13. Uptake and conversion
of volatile compounds in plant-plant communication.- Section 4 : Synthesis and future
directions.- 14. Synthesis and future
directions for deciphering plant chemical language.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.7.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Signaling and Communication in Plants
• Reihe/Serie: Signaling and Communication in Plants
• Zusatzinfo: VIII, 326 p. 29 illus., 22 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: abiotic stress • chemical ecology • Chemical signals • Herbivores • hyperparasitoids • Insects • Parasitoids • phenology • Plant Electrophysiology • plant stress • Plant Volatiles • pollinators • predators • Roots • semiochemicals • Terpenes • volatile emissions • volatile organic compound
• ISBN-10: 3-319-33498-0 / 3319334980
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-33498-1 / 9783319334981