TY - JOUR
AU1 - Rhodes, Christopher J.
AB - Science Progress (2017), 100(3), 331 – 337 Paper 1700236 https://doi.org/10.3184/003685017X14968299580423 Current Commentary CHRISTOPHER J. RHODES Fresh-lands Environmental Actions, 88 Star Road, Caversham, Berkshire RG4 5BE, UK E-mail: cjrhodes@fresh-lands.com Keywords: mycorrhizal mycelium, mycorrhiza, common mycorrizhal networks, CMN, mycelial networks, fungal network, plant communication, soil, Wood Wide Web, mutualism, arbuscular, AMF, AF, ectomycorrhizal, EcM 1. Introduction The notion that plants can ‘talk’ to one another was, until relatively recently, dismissed as fantasy, but the reality of inter-plant communication is now becoming an accepted part of mainstream science. Although plants, by definition, being ‘planted’ in the ground, cannot move per se, they are able to send signals to one another, by 1,2 means of volatile organic compounds , and it is thought that not only can a plant communicate with other plants, it may also engage in a ‘soliloquy’ by communicating between different parts of itself  . Although this fact alone is fascinating, it appears that plants may both send out chemical messengers as airborne species that other plants can receive aboveground, and send messages to one another via a network of connections within the soil, termed ‘common mycorrhizal (mycelial) networks’ 4–6 (CMN), formed by connections between the mycorrhiza of different plants 
TI - The Whispering World of Plants: ‘The Wood Wide Web’
JF - Science Progress
DO - 10.3184/003685017X14968299580423
DA - 2017-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-whispering-world-of-plants-the-wood-wide-web-L0d69o3IoH
SP - 331
EP - 337
VL - 100
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -