• DOI:10.1111/ele.12115
Corpus ID: 5035645

Underground signals carried through common mycelial networks warn neighbouring plants of aphid attack.

@article{Babikova2013UndergroundSC,
  title={Underground signals carried through common mycelial networks warn neighbouring plants of aphid attack.},
  author={Zděnka Babíková and L. Gilbert and T. Bruce and M. Birkett and J. Caulfield and C. Woodcock and J. Pickett and D. Johnson},
  journal={Ecology letters},
  year={2013},
  volume={16 7},
  pages={
          835-43
        }
}

Zděnka Babíková, L. Gilbert, +5 authors D. Johnson

Published 2013

Biology, Medicine

Ecology letters

The roots of most land plants are colonised by mycorrhizal fungi that provide mineral nutrients in exchange for carbon. Here, we show that mycorrhizal mycelia can also act as a conduit for signalling between plants, acting as an early warning system for herbivore attack. Insect herbivory causes systemic changes in the production of plant volatiles, particularly methyl salicylate, making bean plants, Vicia faba, repellent to aphids but attractive to aphid enemies such as parasitoids. We… CONTINUE READING

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