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Plant Communication from an Ecological Perspective

Frantiek Baluka Velemir Ninkovic

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  • 2010
Since the concept of allelopathy was introduced almost 100 years ago, research has led to an understanding that plants are involved in complex communicative interactions. They use a battery of different signals that convey plant-relevant information within plant individuals as well as between plants of the same species or different species. The 13 chapters of this volume discuss all these topics from an ecological perspective. Communication between plants allows them to share physiological and ecological information relevant for their survival and ?tness. It is obvious that in these very early days of ecological plant communication research we are illuminating only the tip of iceberg of the communicative nature of higher plants. Nevertheless, knowledge on the identity and informative value of volatiles used by plants for communication is increasing with breath-taking speed. Among the most spectacular examples are sit- tions where plant emitters warn neighbours about a danger, increasing their innate immunity, or when herbivore-attacked plants attract the enemies of the herbivores (cry for help and plant bodyguards concepts). It is becoming obvious that plants use not only volatile signals but also diverse water soluble molecules, in the case of plant roots, to safeguard their evolutionary success and accomplish self/non-self kin rec- nition. Importantly, as with all the examples of biocommunication, irrespective of whether signals and signs are transmitted via physical or chemical pathways, plant communication is a rule-governed and sign-mediated process.
  • Författare: Frantiek Baluka, Velemir Ninkovic
  • Illustratör: 8 schwarz-weiße und 25 farbige Abbildungen
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9783642121616
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 252
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2010-06-09
  • Förlag: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K