The news that a flowering weed mousear cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) can sense the particular chewing noise of its most common caterpillar predator and adjust its chemical defenses in response led to headlines announcing the discovery of the first “hearing” plant. As plants lack central nervous systems (and, indeed, ears), the mechanisms behind this “hearing” are unquestionably very different from those of our own acoustic sense, but the misleading headlines point to an overlooked truth: plants do in fact perceive environmental cues and respond rapidly to them by changing their chemical, morpho Plant Sensing and Communication - Richard Karban od authora Richard Karban a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.