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STIMULUS RESPONSE. "That the various parts of plants communicate with each other has been established by many experiments. Various surgical treatments (such as removal of root or shoot or leaves, mimicking predation or other damage), resource stress (lack of light or water or minerals) or exposure of one part of a plant to varying resource levels, give rise to specific changes in growth and development elsewhere in the plant, indicating communication of the stimulus." http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/92/1/1.full View in LinkedIn

INFORMATION FLOW. "Intelligence requires a network of elements capable of adaptively variable information flow to underpin intelligent behaviour. In animals, nerve cells are specifically adapted by structure to enable rapid phenotypic adjustments and computation. But, critically, a network requires communication between the elements." http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/92/1/1.full View in LinkedIn

CROSSING SPECIES BARRIERS. "In addition to intra-domain signal molecule-mediated communication it is increasingly evident that signal molecules can traverse the domain divide. Underlying communication strategies are utilised by plants, fungi and bacteria in the rhizosphere." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11103-015-0417-8 View in LinkedIn

BACTERIAL CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION. "Communication between bacterial cells is reliant upon the synthesis and diffusion of signal molecules that are subsequently perceived by other community members. Upon perception, signal molecules induce changes in gene transcription thereby altering the physiology and activity of the recipient." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11103-015-0417-8 View in LinkedIn

COMPLEX INTEGRATION. "Interactions require communication of many kinds: chemical and physical, competition and coordination. Plant intelligence is a developing quality dependent on the complex integration of qualitative and quantitative changes in communication as the structure continues to change." http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/93/4/353.full View in LinkedIn