Plant-Environment Interactions From Sensory Plant Biology to Active Plant Behavior /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Balu¿ka, Franti¿ek (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Signaling and Communication in Plants,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Plant biochemistry.; Ecology.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Physiology.

Our image of plants is changing dramatically away from passive entities merely subject to environmental forces and organisms that are designed solely for the accumulation of photosynthate. Plants are revealing themselves to be dynamic and highly sensitive organisms that actively and competitively fo...