Research Catalog

Title

Deciphering chemical language of plant communication / James D. Blande, Robert Glinwood, editors.

Publication

• Switzerland : Springer Verlag, [2016]
• 2016

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Additional Authors

• Blande, James D.
• Glinwood, Robert

Description

viii, 326 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Signaling and communication in plants, 1867-9048

Uniform Title

Signaling and communication in plants.

Alternative Title

• Chemical language of plant communication
• Language of plant communication

Subjects

• Plant chemical ecology
• Plant cellular signal transduction

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

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 stresses 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. Deciphering chemical language of plant communication: synthesis and future research directions.

Call Number

JSE 17-62

ISBN

• 9783319334967
• 3319334964

LCCN

2016947068

OCLC

945949319

Title

Deciphering chemical language of plant communication / James D. Blande, Robert Glinwood, editors.

Publisher

Switzerland : Springer Verlag, [2016]

Copyright Date

2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Signaling and communication in plants, 1867-9048

Signaling and communication in plants.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Blande, James D., editor.

Glinwood, Robert, editor.

Research Call Number

JSE 17-62