Alice in the Land of Plants Biology of Plants and Their Importance f
Why is it that plants do not need to move? How does a nonmotile organism have sex or defend itself? Why are plants asymmetric and not of a fixed size? Why are some plants virtually immortal? Why is cloning a routine matter in the plant kingdom? What is th
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Yiannis Manetas
Alice in the Land of Plants Biology of Plants and Their Importance for Planet Earth
Yiannis Manetas Department of Biology University of Patras Patras Greece Translated by Clio Weber, Thessaloniki, Greece Translation from the Greek language edition: ΤI ΘΑ ΕΒLΕΠΕ Η ΑLIKΗ SΤΗ ΧΩΡΑ ΤΩΝ ΦYTΩΝ # Crete University Press 2010 Cartoons by Myrsini Maneta, Athens, Greece
ISBN 978-3-642-28337-6 ISBN 978-3-642-28338-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-28338-3 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012940412 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Cover design: deblik, Berlin, based on the cover of the Greek edition Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Dedicated to my first teacher, Niky Parousi, and to: Constantinos Mitrakos Hemming Virgin George Akoyounoglou Nikos Gavalas . . .who pointed me towards the scientific route
Fύsiς krύptesyai jileı´ (Nature loves to hide itself) ΗΡAKLEIΤΟS Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ALBERT EINSTEIN
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Preface
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Preface
Why did I write this book, and why should you read it? I could state that my motive is that I know plants; I have been teaching their biology at the university for 30 years. However, no truth is absolute, and t
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