Integrated Action in Plant Irritability

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• Remote Control of Stomatal Behavior by Root through Delivery of Messengers

  • Discovery of root-shoot communication through delivery of chemical messengers

  • Delivery of Acetylcholine under normal growing conditions

  • Delivery of ABA by root under drought stress

  • Delivery of hydraulic and electro-chemical messengers by root under injurious treatment

• Neuro-muscular mechanism in response to stimulation

  • Universal existence of electrical wave transmission and protoplasmic movement in plants

  • Rapid coiling of Luffa tendril on contact

  • Stomatal movement on stimulation

  • Phloem transport in seedlings

• Concluding Remarks

  • Root-shoot communication

  • Protoplasmic regulation in turgor movement prior to osmotic regulation

• Acknowledgments

• References