Plant-Plant & Plant-Insect Communication (Scientific)

[cynthia_h]

The San Francisco Chronicle published the results of a scientific study which serendipitously discovered plant-plant and plant-insect communication via chemical production:

https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/15/HOOS13D3QD.DTL

The original point of the study was to quantify production of volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) by plants. The communication was secondary, but is path-breaking.

Cynthia H.
USDA Zone 9, Sunset Zone 17