Communication in Plants Neuronal Aspects of Plant Life
Plant neurobiology is a newly emerging field of plant sciences. It covers signalling and communication at all levels of biological organization – from molecules up to ecological communities. In this book, plants are presented as intelligent and socia
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mmunication in Plants
František Baluška Stefano Mancuso Dieter Volkmann (Eds.)
Communication in Plants Neuronal Aspects of Plant Life
With 82 Figures, 5 in Color
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Dr. František Baluška University of Bonn Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany Kirschallee 1 53115 Bonn Germany e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Stefano Mancuso University of Florence Department of Horticulture Electrophysiology Laboratory Viale delle Idee 30 50019 Sesto Fiorentino Italy e-mail: stefano.mancuso@unifi.it
Dr. Dieter Volkmann University of Bonn Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany Kirschallee 1 53115 Bonn Germany e-mail: [email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2005933894
1st ed. 2006. 2nd printing ISBN-10 3-540-28475-3 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-28475-8 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer is a part of Springer Science + Business Media springeronline.com © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006 Printed in Germany The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, 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. Cover design: design&production, Heidelberg, Germany Typesetting and production: LE-TEX Jelonek, Schmidt & Vöckler GbR, Leipzig, Germany 31/3150-YL - 5 4 3 2 1 - Printed on acid-free paper
Preface
As we enter the new millennium, plant biology is witnessing dramatic advancements in studies related to the complex behaviour of higher plants which are now beginning to reveal intelligent behaviour. Surprisingly, it is plant ecology which is leading in the revelation that plants behave as though having conscious comprehension of themselves and of their environment. Charles Darwin was the first who noted the abilities of plants to communicate with their environment and translate this information into active movements of their organs (Darwin 1880). Plants recognize other organisms such as bacteria, fungi, other plants, insects, birds, and animals that presumably also include us, humans (Takabayashi and Dicke 1996; Paré and Tumlinson 1999; Kessler and Baldwin 2001). For instance, to accomplish their sexual reproduction, plants rely on complex interactions with insects and birds. In order to achieve this, and as Charles Darwin was one of the first to show (Darwin 1862), plants generate specially shaped sexual organs which allow insects and bi
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