Memory and Learning in Plants
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 experie
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Frantisek Baluska · Monica Gagliano Guenther Witzany Editors
Memory and Learning in Plants
Signaling and Communication in Plants Series Editor František Baluška Department of Plant Cell Biology, IZMB University of Bonn Bonn, Germany
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Frantisek Baluska • Monica Gagliano • Guenther Witzany Editors
Memory and Learning in Plants
Editors Frantisek Baluska Department of Plant Cell Biology, IZMB University of Bonn Bonn, Germany
Monica Gagliano School of Animal Biology University of Western Australia Crawley, Western Autralia, Australia
Guenther Witzany Telos- Philosophische Praxis Buermoos, Salzburg, Austria
ISSN 1867-9048 ISSN 1867-9056 (electronic) Signaling and Communication in Plants ISBN 978-3-319-75595-3 ISBN 978-3-319-75596-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75596-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018939066 © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 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. 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. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
Plants are very complex organisms which use a suite of plant-specific sensory systems to monitor all relevant parameters, both abiotic and biotic, to optimise their metabolism, growth, development, morphogenesis and behaviour in their environment. Because plants are sessile organisms, cognitive processes such as learning, memory and decision-making are essential to enable them to cope with various environmental cues and certainly critical to their survival and reproductive success. Despite this, plants have been conventionally studied as stimulus–response mechanical systems devoid of cognition and behaviour. This v
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