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ArticleScience China. Life sciences2026

Chemical distance outweighs phylogeny in VOC-mediated cross-species plant defense communication.

Chaonan Wang, Danfeng Liu, Xiao Xu, Mingjun Gao, Jiawei Wang, Jieren Jin, Yupeng Geng, Ruiting Ju, Yi Wang, Xiaoming Lu and 2 more

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Chaonan WangNational Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Danfeng LiuState Key Laboratory of Vegetation Structure, Functions and Construction (VegLab), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Transboundary Ecosecurity of Southwest China, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, and Southwest United Graduate School, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China. dfl@ynu.edu.cn.
Xiao XuState Key Laboratory of Vegetation Structure, Functions and Construction (VegLab), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Transboundary Ecosecurity of Southwest China, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, and Southwest United Graduate School, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
Mingjun GaoNational Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Jiawei WangNational Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Jieren JinNational Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Yupeng GengState Key Laboratory of Vegetation Structure, Functions and Construction (VegLab), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Transboundary Ecosecurity of Southwest China, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, and Southwest United Graduate School, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
Ruiting JuState Key Laboratory of Vegetation Structure, Functions and Construction (VegLab), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Transboundary Ecosecurity of Southwest China, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, and Southwest United Graduate School, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
Yi WangState Key Laboratory of Vegetation Structure, Functions and Construction (VegLab), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Transboundary Ecosecurity of Southwest China, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, and Southwest United Graduate School, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
Xiaoming LuKey Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
Jihua WuNational Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Bo LiNational Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China. bool@fudan.edu.cn.

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Abstract

Plants can detect and respond to airborne volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from neighboring species, enhancing their defenses against herbivore attack. While such interspecific communication has been documented, how induced-resistance strength varies across species and what factors drive this variation remain unclear. We hypothesized that phylogenetic relatedness or chemical similarity in VOC profiles between plant species influences the effectiveness of plant-plant communication. We tested the hypothesis by exposing nine receiver plant species from two classes and six families to constitutive plant volatiles (CPVs) and herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) emitted by Phytolacca americana. VOC exposure did not directly induce defenses but primed the diverse receiver species for stronger responses to subsequent herbivory, leading to reduced larval growth, feeding, and oviposition. Defense priming was characterized by a stronger induction of Calmodulin-like (CML) genes in Ca

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PhylogenyPlant Defense Against HerbivoryPlantsVolatile Organic CompoundsAnimalsHerbivoryLarvaSpecies SpecificityVolatile Organic Compoundschemical distancedefense inductiondefense primingphylogenetic distanceplant-plant communicationvolatile organic compounds (VOCs)

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