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Aug 2026
Herbivory leaves a soil-borne defensive legacy that recruits parasitoids.
How organisms convert short-term stress into long-term defense is a key ecological question. Classic herbivore-induced plant volatiles recruit natural enemies but act briefly only in damaged tissues. Here, we report that leaf herbivory establishes a persistent soil defensive legacy to help uninfested subsequent plants...
Yang Gao, Hainuo Hong, Qiu-Lin Chen et al.
· Cell Reports · 1 citation