We may very well be able to translate plant languages soon, scientists claim. While you might think of plants as passive objects just existing on our planet, they are, in fact, living beings, and they ...

Join us on Wednesday, January 13th at noon Pacific for the Plant Communication Hack Chat with Lex Kravitz! As far as conversation goes, plants are usually a pretty poor choice of partners. Sure, we’ve ...

"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 ...

Plant communication is an emerging field; plenty of research indicates that plants are able to “speak” with other plants, with other parts of themselves, with microbes and with predators. Their ...

Scientists have developed a device that can deliver electrical signals to and from plants, opening the door to new technologies that make use of plants. A team of scientists led by Nanyang ...

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 ...

What is chemical communication in plants? Plants rely on chemical signals to communicate with each other and themselves. Some of these chemicals are volatile (known as volatile organic compounds--VOCs ...

Changes in odor profiles have consequences because odors play a key role in communication between plants, insects, and microorganisms. "Plant diversity has a direct impact on the co-evolution of ...