Biocommunication of Plants

By Günther Witzany

Book Overview

Keylevels of Biocommunication in Plants.- Information and Communication in Higher Plants.- Plant Hormones and Metabolites as Universal Vocabulary in Pathogen Defense Signaling.- Gravity Sensing/Interpretation and Response Behavior.- Wound Response to Mechanical Damage.- Transport and Signaling via the Phloem.- Intercellular Communication During Floral Development.- Cell Wall Signaling.- Plant Root Signaling Between Same, Related and Non-related Plant Roots.- PCD and Plant Life Cycle.- Herbivore- and Pathogen-derived Signals that Induce or Suppress direct and Indirect Defenses in Plants.- Nematode-Plant Communication and Rhizobial-Plant Communication.- Plant Virus Operations Control Centers.- Plant-Microbe Interactions.- Recent Trends on the Olfactory Responses of Insect Natural Enemies to Plant Volatiles.- Plant Defense Against Insect Herbivore Attack.- Volatiles Mediating Information Between Bacteria and Plants.- Infection of Plants by the Human Pathogen Salmonella typhimurium.- Co-adaptationary Aspects of the Underground Communication Between Plants and Other Organisms.- Mutual Communication of Plants, Animals, Fungi and Bacteria.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364244895X
• ISBN13: 9783642448959
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"