Out of sight but not out of mind: Alternative means of communication in plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Gagliano, Monica ^a   Renton, Michael ^a,b   Duvdevani, Nili ^a   Timmins, Matthew ^a   Mancuso, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PLANT COMMUNICATION; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAPSICUM; GERMINATION; LIGHT; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84861316076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037382     Document Type: Article

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