The Jena Experiment provided the ideal conditions for our research," says first author Pamela Medina van Berkum. The biggest challenge in outdoor experiments is measuring the volatile compounds ...
Plants communicate through volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that help them respond to herbivorous pest attacks. This review explored the mechanisms behind these plant communications and their ...
Imagine if a plant in a farmer's field could warn a grower that it needs water? Or if a farmer could signal to plants that dry weather lies ahead, thereby prompting the plants to conserve water? It ...
One-of-a-kind experiment tracked plant evolution in response to climate change at 30 sites worldwide
In a one-of-a-kind experiment led by UC Berkeley researchers, biologists in Europe, the Middle East and U.S. planted 360 small plots of Arabidopsis (above) in various types of climates — from alpine ...
"Understanding how a plant's chemical signals change with plant diversity in its environment helps us to see the loss of biodiversity as more than just a loss of species. It also changes the chemical ...
Pamela Medina van Berkum collects volatile organic compounds from communities and individual plants in the field at the Jena Experiment field site (https://the-jena-experiment.de/). In her experiments ...
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