Plants communicate through chemical signals, which convey information about environmental threats and resource availability, or even trigger defense mechanisms, allowing plants to coordinate responses and optimize their survival strategies (1). Plant communication encompasses both aboveground and belowground interactions. Aboveground, plants emit volatile organic compounds that are detected by the aboveground organs of neighboring plants. These airborne chemical signals can transfer information to conspecific neighbors about herbivore attack, pathogens, or even the presence of beneficial insects. Although there are multiple examples of aboveground plant communication (2), belowground plant communication represents a similarly captivating phenomenon that has thus far received less exploration.

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暴露地下植物通讯

植物通过化学信号进行交流，这些信号传达有关环境威胁和资源可用性的信息，甚至触发防御机制，使植物能够协调反应并优化其生存策略（1）。植物通讯包括地上和地下相互作用。在地面上，植物释放出挥发性有机化合物，这些化合物可以被邻近植物的地上器官检测到。这些空气中的化学信号可以向同种邻居传递有关草食动物攻击、病原体甚至有益昆虫存在的信息。尽管有多个地上植物通讯的例子（2），但地下植物通讯代表了一种类似的迷人现象，但迄今为止得到的探索较少。