Memory and Learning in Plants (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book assembles recent research on memory and learning in plants. Organisms that share a capability to store information about experiences in the past have an actively generated background resource on which they can compare and evaluate coming experiences in order to react faster or even better. This is an essential tool for all adaptation purposes. Such memory/learning skills can be found from bacteria up to fungi, animals and plants, although until recently it had been mentioned only as capabilities of higher animals. With the rise of epigenetics the context dependent marking of experiences on the genetic level is an essential perspective to understand memory and learning in organisms. Plants are highly sensitive organisms that actively compete for environmental resources. They assess their surroundings, estimate how much energy they need for particular goals, and then realize the optimum variant. They take measures to control certain environmental resources. They perceive themselves and can distinguish between 'self' and 'non-self'. They process and evaluate information and then modify their behavior accordingly. The book will guide scientists in further investigations on these skills of plant behavior and on how plants mediate signaling processes between themselves and the environment in memory and learning processes.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Signaling and Communication in Plants
Release date:	May 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Frantisek Baluska • Monica Gagliano • Guenther Witzany
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	222
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-75595-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant ecology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant physiology > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-75595-1
Barcode:	9783319755953

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