ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
PlantDevComm: Defining the plant species and development communication ID
Plants communicate through various mechanisms to adapt to their environment and coordinate survival and reproduction. Understanding plant communication is crucial for developing resilient crops, reducing agricultural environmental impact, and decoding natural ecosystem dynamics. While studies have focused on "alarm" signaling, in which a plant that is exposed to a stressor emits signals that cause neighboring plants to activate stress-coping mechanisms, the realm of constitutive, "steady-state" plant-to-plant communication, though suggested, remains largely unknown. This research aims to uncover the rules governing steady-state plant communication, particularly how plants transmit their…
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