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Plants are sessile, highly sensitive organisms that actively compete for environmental resources both above and below the ground. They assess their surroundings, estimate how much energy they need for particular goals, and then realise the optimum variant. They take measures to control certain environmental resources. They perceive themselves and can distinguish between ‘self’ and ‘non-self’. This capability allows them to protect their territory. They process and evaluate information and then modify their behaviour accordingly. These highly diverse competences show us that this is possible owing to parallel communication processes in the plant body (intraorganismic), between the same and different species (interorganismic), and between plants and non-plant organisms (transorganismic). Intraorganismic communication involves sign-mediated interactions in cells (intracellular) and between cells (intercellular). Intercellular communication processes are crucial in coordinating growth and development, shape and dynamics. Such communication must function both on the local level and between widely separated plant parts. This allows plants to react in a differentiated manner to their current developmental status and physiological influences.

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Witzany, G. (2010). Plant Communication. In: Biocommunication and Natural Genome Editing. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3319-2_2

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