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• Chapter 1: Memory and Learning as Key Competences of Living Organisms.-
• Chapter 2: Deweyan Psychology in Plant Intelligence Research: Transforming Stimulus and Response.-
• Chapter 3: General Issues in Cognitive Analysis of Plant Learning and Intelligence.-
• Chapter 4: Plant Cognition and Behavior: From Environmental Awareness to Synaptic Circuits Navigating Root Apices.-
• Chapter 5: Role of Epigenetics in Transgenerational Changes - Genome Stability in Response to Plant Stress.-
• Chapter 6: Origin of Epigenetic Variation in Plants: Relationship with Genetic Variation and Potential Contribution to Plant Memory.-
• Chapter 7: Plant Accommodation to their Environment - The Role of Specific Forms of Memory.-
• Chapter 8: Memristors and Electrical Memory in Plants.-
• Chapter 9: Toward Systemic View for Plant Learning - Ecophysiological Perspective.-
• Chapter 10: Mycorrhizal Networks Facilitate Tree Communication, Learning and Memory.-
• Chapter 11: Inside the Vegetal Mind: on the Cognitive Abilities of Plants.
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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.
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• Preface
• 1. Plants and animals compared
• 2. Response of plants to stimuli
• 3. The superiority of green plants to animals
• 4. How a plant obtains energy
• 5. Cells and tissues
• 6. The green leaf
• 7. The green leaf (continued): how a leaf utilizes radiant energy
• 8. Roots and what they do
• 9. Our debt to bacteria: the world's supply of nitrogen
• 10. Seeds and seedlings
• 11. Early stages in the evolution of plants
• 12. Later stages in evolution
• Books suggested for further reading
• Glossary
• Index.
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First published in 1932, this small volume by A. C. Seward was intended to present an overview of plant-life in a way which could be understood by readers with little or no knowledge of botany or other branches of natural science. By describing in non-technical terms what plants are and how they work, Seward is able to show the wealth of interest the subject offers, whilst also highlighting the fundamental principles of biology and the usefulness of scientific research. Including a number of illustrations, a glossary, and a guide to common equivalents of scientific measurements, this book will be of value to anyone interested in popular science from the early twentieth century.
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• 1. Plant evolution and structure
• 2. Photosynthesis
• 3. Water and transport in plants
• 4. Plant mineral nutrition
• 5. Plant growth and development
• 6. Interactions between higher plants and microbes.
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How plants function and grow in a wide range of environments are the main themes of this book and it also covers plant structure, molecular genetics and interactions with microbes. It is an introductory textbook, intended for first or second year undergraduates with a science background and some knowledge of general biochemistry. Topics range from plant life cycles and evolution on land to photosynthesis, water relations, transport systems, mineral nutrition and growth and development. The book is augmented by a superb CD-ROM: basic anatomy is taught with the help of the Digital Microscope, which allows you to view and manipulate slides of plant sections; and Plant Gene Manipulation takes you into virtual laboratories to learn about and investigate molecular genetics. The 'doing' of science is emphasised throughout, with experimental techniques described in separate boxes and questions in the text that ask you to interpret data, carry out calculations or check your understanding of material. To help learning and revision, each major section within chapters has a summary.Written in an engaging style, and with full colour presentation throughout, this book provides an excellent way to develop a sound understanding of plant biology.
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A survey of unusual wonders of the plant kingdom which provides details about over 450,000 different plants on Earth, plants such as the Madagascar orchid that can only be pollinated by a breed of moth with a tongue that measures one foot in length.
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