Long-Distance Systemic Signaling and Communication in Plants by František Baluška

Moreover, recent advances in plant molecular biology have identified, besides classic n- rotransmitters, also several proteins typical of animal neuronal systems, such as acetylcholine esterases, glutamate receptors, GABA receptors, and endocannabinoid signaling components, as well as indicating signaling roles for ATP, NO, and re- tive oxygen species (Baluska et al.

3409:- bokomslag Long-Distance Systemic Signaling and Communication in Plants. First of all, and contrary to all 'mechanistic' predictions based on the high turgor pressure of plant cells, endocytosis has been found to be an essential process of plant cells which impinges upon almost all aspects of plant life (Samaj et al. Frfattare: Frantisek Baluska, Stefano Mancuso Format: Pocket/Paperback. These necessitate not just a revival of plant electrophysiology and sensory biology, but also the introduction of plant neurobiology, which includes also plant sensory ecology (Baluska et al.

In the last few years, however, there have been numerous advances in plant sciences. Sensory plant biology and plant el- trophysiology were two lively disciplines until the late 1970s (Bunning 1959 Haupt and Feinleib 1979) but then, for somewhat obscure reasons, they showed no further development. Although genes are critical, the final form and architecture of above-ground organs, and es- cially of root systems, are determined by their sensory activities associated with motoric responses (Friml 2003 Hodge 2009).

They continuously monitor diverse biotic and abiotic parameters of their environment and these sensory perceptions shape their organs and bodies. Plants are unique as their development and morphogenesis are plastic throughout their lives.

Long-Distance Systemic Signaling and Communication in Plants by František Baluška