Plant memory and communication of encounters

Abstract

Plants can communicate with each other and other living organisms in a very sophisticated manner. They use biological molecules and even physical cues to establish a molecular dialogue with beneficial organisms as well as with their predators and pathogens. Several studies were recently published that explore how plants communicate with each other about their previous encounters or stressful experiences. However, there is an almost complete lack of knowledge about how these intra- and interspecies communications are directly regulated at the epigenetic level. In this perspective article we provide new hypotheses for the possible epigenetic modifications that regulate plant responses at the communication level.

Published in

Trends in Plant Science
2025, volume: 30, number: 2, pages: 199-212
Publisher: CELL PRESS

SLU Authors

• Moschou, Panagiotis Nikolaou

  • Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • University of Crete

UKÄ Subject classification

Botany

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.012

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/140937