Wake Up and Smell the Roses The Happy Botanist

Some plants smell good 🌺, some plants smell bad 🤢, and some plants smell like rotting flesh!🤮 In part one of this mini-series on plants' ability to perceive the world around them, we talk all about stinky (both good and bad smelling) plants! 🌿 Grab your favorite botanical drink 🍵 and learn why and how plants smell! 👃🌱



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If you wanna learn more:

Ian T. Baldwin et al., Volatile Signaling in Plant-Plant Interactions: "Talking Trees" in the Genomics Era.Science311,812-815(2006).DOI:10.1126/science.1118446



Effah, E., Holopainen, J.K., McCormick, A.C., 2019. Potential roles of volatile organic compounds in plant competition. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 38, 58–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2019.04.003

What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses- Daniel Chamovitz



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