Plant intelligence why, why not or where?

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 394-399

  Cvrcková, Fatima ^a   Lipavská, Helena ^a   Žárský, Viktor ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Definition of terms; Intelligence; Learning; Mathematical models; Memory; Plant development; Plant neurobiology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGORITHMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS;

EID: 67549103884     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.4.5.8276     Document Type: Article

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