Communication in Plants: Neuronal Aspects of Plant Life

by Dieter Volkmann, Stefano Mancuso, František Baluška

Book Overview

The Green Plant as an Intelligent Organism.- Neurobiological View of Plants and Their Body Plan.- Charles Darwin and the Plant Root Apex: Closing a Gap in Living Systems Theory as Applied to Plants.- How Can Plants Choose the Most Promising Organs?.- The Role of Root Apices in Shoot Growth Regulation: Support for Neurobiology at the Whole Plant Level?.- Signals and Targets Triggered by Self-Incompatibility in Plants: Recognition of "Self" Can Be Deadly.-...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642066720
• ISBN13: 9783642066726
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"