Plastic, inquisitive roots and intelligent plants in the light of some new vistas in plant biology

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 396-407

  Barlow, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bergson; Determinism instinct; Memory; Plant intelligence; Plasticity; Root apices; Root systems; Tropisms

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955243527     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263501003718570     Document Type: Article

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