Plant Responses to Environmental Stimuli The Role of Specific Forms of Plant Memory /

• Main Author: Thellier, Michel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant science.; Botany.; Climate change.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Climate Change.

Plants have no sensory organs similar to ours: no eyes, ears or nose. Hence they are often considered to be inert and insensitive. However, they perceive a variety of stimuli such as wind, rain, wounding, cold, drought, attack by pests and herbivores, and even electromagnetic radiations such as tho...