Recent evidence sheds light on the peculiar type of plant intelligence. Plants have
developed complex molecular networks that allow them to remember, choose, and make …

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

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 …

Plants are hubs of a wide range of biotic interactions with mutualist and antagonist animals,
microbes and neighboring plants. Because the quality and intensity of those relationships …

Transgenerational effects (TGE) can modify phenotypes of offspring generations playing
thus a potentially important role in ecology and evolution of many plant species. These …

Environmentally induced epigenetic variation has been recently recognized as a possible
mechanism allowing plants to rapidly adapt to novel conditions. Despite increasing …

Phenotypic plasticity is essential for organisms to adapt to local ecological conditions. It is
expected that mutualistic interactions, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis …

Marine macrophytes, including seagrasses and macroalgae, form the basis of diverse and
productive coastal ecosystems that deliver important ecosystem services. Moreover, western …

Environmental conditions experienced by parent plants can influence offspring performance
through parental effects induced by DNA methylation. The offspring can also be influenced …

Epigenetic signals can affect plant phenotype and fitness and be stably inherited across
multiple generations. Epigenetic regulation plays a key role in the mechanisms of plant …