Plant-Environment Interactions

1. Front Matter

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2. Mechanical Integration of Plant Cells

   • Anna Kasprowicz, Daniel Kierzkowski, Michalina Maruniewicz, Marta Derba-Maceluch, Ewelina Rodakowska, Paweł Zawadzki et al.

   Pages 1-20

3. Root Behavior in Response to Aluminum Toxicity

   • Charlotte Poschenrieder, Montse Amenós, Isabel Corrales, Snezhana Doncheva, Juan Barceló

   Pages 21-43

4. Communication and Signaling in the Plant–Fungus Symbiosis: The Mycorrhiza

   • Pascale Seddas, Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson, Benoit Schoefs, Helge Küster, Daniel Wipf

   Pages 45-71

5. Role of g -Aminobutyrate and g -Hydroxybutyrate in Plant Communication

   • Barry J. Shelp, Wendy L. Allan, Denis Faure

   Pages 73-84

6. Hemiparasitic Plants: Exploiting Their Host’s Inherent Nature to Talk

   • John I Yoder, Pradeepa Gunathilake, Denneal Jamison-McClung

   Pages 85-100

7. Host Location and Selection by Holoparasitic Plants

   • Mark C. Mescher, Jordan Smith, Consuelo M. De Moraes

   Pages 101-118

8. Plant Innate Immunity

   • Jacqueline Monaghan, Tabea Weihmann, Xin Li

   Pages 119-136

9. Airborne Induction and Priming of Defenses

   • Martin Heil

   Pages 137-152

10. Chemical Signaling During Induced Leaf Movements

    • Minoru Ueda, Yoko Nakamura

    Pages 153-166

11. Aposematic (Warning) Coloration in Plants

    • Simcha Lev-Yadun

    Pages 167-202

12. Deceptive Behavior in Plants. I. Pollination by Sexual Deception in Orchids: A Host–Parasite Perspective

    • Nicolas J. Vereecken

    Pages 203-222

13. Deceptive Behavior in Plants. II. Food Deception by Plants: From Generalized Systems to Specialized Floral Mimicry

    • Jana Jersáková, Steven D. Johnson, Andreas Jürgens

    Pages 223-246

14. Cognition in Plants

    • Paco Calvo Garzón, Fred Keijzer

    Pages 247-266

15. Memorization of Abiotic Stimuli in Plants: A Complex Role for Calcium

    • Camille Ripoll, Lois Le Sceller, Marie-Claire Verdus, Vic Norris, Marc Tafforeau, Michel Thellier

    Pages 267-283

16. Plants and Animals: Convergent Evolution in Action?

    • František Baluska, Stefano Mancuso

    Pages 285-301

17. Back Matter

    Pages 303-308

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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 forage for limited resources, both above and below ground, organisms that accurately gauge their circumstances, use sophisticated cost-benefit analysis, and take clear actions to mitigate and control diverse environmental threats. Moreover, plants are also capable of complex recognition of self and non-self and are territorial in behavior. They are as sophisticated in behavior as animals but their potential has been masked because it operates on time scales many orders of magnitude less than those of animals. Plants are sessile organisms. As such, the only alternative to a rapidly changing environment is rapid adaptation. This book will focus on all these new and exciting aspects of plant biology.

• Calcium
• Flora
• cell biology, plant
• communication, plant
• environment
• plant physiology
• plant sensory biology
• signaling, plant

From the reviews: “The main thesis of this book is that plants monitor and integrate many abiotic and biotic parameters in their environment. … The scientific references cited are up-to-date. … The authors attempt to use an integrative approach to synthesizing the literature to demonstrate the dynamic nature of plants. With its diverse topics, this book would provide a valuable overview in advanced graduate classes in plant biology. Summing Up: Recommended. Academic collections, upper-division undergraduate through researchers/faculty.” (J. Z. Kiss, Choice, Vol. 47 (4), December, 2009)

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