Communication in Plants. Neuronal Aspects of Plant Life. 2006. 5 col. illustr. 82 b/w illustr. XXIX, 438 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Plant neurobiology covers signalling and communication at all levels ofbiological organization - from molecules up to ecological communities.In this book, plants are presented as intelligent and social organismswith complex forms of communication and information processing. Contents(main headings only): The Green Plant as an Intelligent Organism/ Neurobiological View of Plants and Their Body Plan/ Charles Darwin andthe Plant Root Apex: Closing a Gap in Living Systems Theory as Appliedto Plants/ How can Plants Choose the Most Promising Organs?/ The Role ofRoot Apices in Shoot Growth Regulation: Support for Neurobiology at theWhole Plant Level?/ Signal Perception and Transduction in Plant InnateImmunity/ etc.