PLANT BEHAVIOR

The goal of this field is to illuminate the structure of the information network that exists within plants. Plants are dynamic and highly sensitive organisms that actively and competitively forage for limited resources both above and below ground. Plants accurately compute inputs from the environment, use sophisticated cost-benefit analysis, and take action to mitigate diverse environmental insults. Plants are also capable of refined recognition of self and non-self, and are territorial in behavior. This view sees plants as information processing organisms with complex, long-distance communication systems within the plant body and extending into the surrounding ecosystem. Our Society was originally founded in 2005 as the Society for Plant Neurobiology to reflect these views of plant function. In May 2009 the Society voted to expand its view and change its name accordingly.

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