Unlike animal behavior, behavior in plants is traditionally assumed to be completely
determined either genetically or environmentally. Under this assumption, plants are usually …

One of the most important challenges for individual plants is coexistence with their
neighbors. To compensate for their sessile lifestyle, plants developed complex and …

A growing number of non-human animal species are being seriously considered as
candidates for sentience, but plants are either forgotten or explicitly excluded from these …

Highlights•Stolons and rhizomes are specialized stems for vegetative reproduction in many
plant species.•Stolons and rhizomes enhance survival as well as invasiveness.•Diploid wild …

Plants are not just passive living beings that exist in nature. They are complex and highly
adaptable species that react sensitively to environmental forces/stimuli with movement …

Finding a suitable support is a key process in the life history of climbing plants. Those that
find a suitable support have greater performance and fitness than those that remain …

Plant uses multiple photoreceptors and downstream components to rapidly respond to
dynamic changes in environmental light. Under shade conditions, many species exhibit …

This article discusses the possibility of plant decision making. We contend that recent work
on bacteria provides a pertinent perspective for thinking about whether plants make choices …

According to F. Adams [this journal, vol. 68, 2018] cognition cannot be realized in plants or
bacteria. In his view, plants and bacteria respond to the here-and-now in a hardwired …

Soil organic matter (SOM) is a crucial component of soil, through which physical, chemical,
and biological characteristics interact in a local context. Within the forest category, the …