Plant responses to environmental stimuli : the role of specific forms of plant memory
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 thos...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Dordrecht, Netherlands :
Springer,
2017.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9789402410471 9789402410464 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xvii, 106 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword; For More Details; Acknowledgements; Contents; Plant and Recollection; Once upon a€Time & A Brief Introduction to€the€Book; Chapter 1: Me, a€Plant; 1.1 A Little Bit of€Plant Morphology; 1.2 A Little Bit of€Plant Physiology; 1.3 The Plant Cells; Chapter 2: Plant Sensitivity to€Stimuli; 2.1 Animal vs. Plant Sensitivity; 2.2 The Various Sorts of€Stimuli That a€Plant Perceives; 2.2.1 The Relative Length of€Night and€Day; 2.2.2 Plant Sensitivity to€Gravity; 2.2.3 Local and€Distant Responses to€Stimulation; 2.2.4 Defence Reactions of€Plants; 2.2.5 Plant Movements in€Response to€Stimuli.
- 2.3 How Do Plants Perceive Stimuli?2.3.1 Perception of€Light Signals; 2.3.2 Perception of€Gravitation; 2.3.3 Perception of€Diverse Stimuli; 2.4 After Stimulus Perception, the€Calcium Wave; 2.5 From the€Stimulated to€the€Reactive Area; 2.6 About a€Few Practical Applications; Chapter 3: Discovery of€the€Existence of€Memory in€Bidens Seedlings; 3.1 Correlations Between Organs; 3.2 Dominant and€Dominated Buds; 3.3 Specification of€the€Dominance Between€Cotyledonary€Buds; 3.4 Rate of€Information Transfer; 3.5 Storage/Recall of€Dominance-Specification Information.
- 3.6 Properties of€the€Storage/Recall Form of€Memory3.6.1 Properties of€the€Storage Function; 3.6.2 Properties of€the€Recall Function; 3.6.3 Interaction of€the€Storage and€Recall Functions; 3.7 Generalizing the€Concept of€Plant Memory; 3.7.1 Experimenting with€Plants Other than Bidens; 3.7.2 Further Remarks about Plant Memory; Chapter 4: More About the€Storage/Recall Form of€Plant Memory; 4.1 New Experimental Systems; 4.2 Reduction of€Hypocotyl Elongation; 4.2.1 Evidencing the€Existence of€Storage and€Recall Functions; 4.2.2 Properties of€the€Memorization of€a€Reduction of€Hypocotyl Elongation.
- 4.2.3 Extension to€Other Plants than Bidens4.3 Production of€Epidermal Meristems; 4.3.1 The Experimental Approach; 4.3.2 Evidencing the€Existence of€Storage and€Recall Functions; 4.3.3 Properties of€the€Storage Function; 4.3.4 Properties of€the€Recall Function; 4.3.5 Memory and€Rhythms; 4.3.6 Memory and€the€Proteome; Chapter 5: More About the€Learning Form of€Memory in€Plants; 5.1 Examples of€the€Learning Form of€Plant Memory; 5.1.1 Memory Effect at the€Level of€the€Calcium Wave; 5.1.2 Memory Effect at the€Level of€the€Ultimate Response.
- 5.2 Comparison of€the€Learning with€the€Storage/Recall Form of€MemoryChapter 6: Plant Memory vs. Animal and€Human Memory; 6.1 Reminder of€some Characteristics of€Animal and€Human Memory; 6.2 Plant Memory vs. Animal and€Human Memory; Chapter 7: What Is the€Need for€a€Plant to€Have Memory?; 7.1 Straightforward Responses vs. Memorisation; 7.2 Potential of€the€Learning Form of€Plant Memory; 7.3 Potential of€the€Storage/Recall Form of€Plant Memory; 7.3.1 Potential of€the€Storage Function; 7.3.2 Potential of€the€Recall Function; 7.3.3 Combined Potential of€the€Storage and€Recall Functions.