Plant neurobiology and green plant intelligence: Science, metaphors and nonsense

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-370

  Struik, Paul C ^a   Yin, Xinyou ^a   Meinke, Holger ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Organisation; Patterning; Plant intelligence; Plant neurobiology; Signalling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 38749151003     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3131     Document Type: Review

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