Long-Distance Systemic Signaling and Communication in Plants by František Baluška

Long-Distance Systemic Signaling and Communication in Plants captures the current 'state of the art' of this exciting topic in plant sciences. Long-Distance Systemic Signaling and Communication in Plants by Frantiek Baluka(Editor) 0.00 Rating details 0 ratings 0 reviews This book reviews current understanding of plant signalling, which is often very fast as signals spread rapidly throughout plant bodies.

Moreover, some infochemicals may induce morphophysiological changes of neighboring plants. These infochemicals modify the environment occupied by plants. This revolution in our understanding of higher plants started some twenty years ago with the discovery of systemin and rapid advances continue to be made. Plants maintain communication with neighboring plants, herbivores, and predators through the emission of diverse chemical compounds by their shoots and roots. Higher plants coordinate and integrate their tissues and organs via sophisticated sensory systems, which sensitively screen both internal and external factors, feeding them information through both chemical and electrical systemic long-distance communication channels. Rather than being only slowly responding organisms, their signaling is often very fast and signals, both of endogenous and exogenous origin, spread throughout plant bodies rapidly. Our view of plants is changing dramatically.

Long-Distance Systemic Signaling and Communication in Plants by František Baluška