Plant biology: Young maize leaves 'smell' a volatile danger signal.

Curr Biol

Department of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Prominent Crops, Beijing 100093, China. Electronic address:

Published: September 2023

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Insect-attacked maize releases volatile compounds named green leaf volatiles. A new study shows that young maize leaves respond to a green leaf volatile compound with emission of indole and terpenes, while these responses are almost completely absent in mature leaves.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.034DOI Listing

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