Our view of plants is changing dramatically. Rather than being only slowly responding organisms, their signaling is often very fast and signals, both of endogenous and exogenous origin, spread throughout plant bodies rapidly. Higher plants coordinate and integrate their tissues and organs via sophisticated sensory systems, which sensitively screen both internal and external factors, feeding them information through both chemical and electrical systemic long-distance communication channels. This revolution in our understanding of higher plants started some twenty years ago with the discovery of systemin and rapid advances continue to be made. This volume captures the current 'state of the art' of this exciting topic in plant sciences.

Long-Distance Signalling in Systemic Acquired Resistance

Salicyl Acid-Induced Local and Long-Distance Signalling Models in Plants
Long-Distance Signalling via Mobile RNAs
Systemic Epigenetic Signalling in Plants
Long-Distance Signals Produced by Water-Stressed Roots
Oxygen Deficiency-Induced Root-to-Shoot Communication
Systemic Signaling in the Maintenance of Phosphate Homeostasis
Long-Distance Signalling of Iron Deficiency in Plants
Strigolactones and the Coordinated Development of Shoot and Root
Auxin as Long Distance Signal Controlling Root Architecture in Response to Nitrogen
Systemic Signalling in Legume Nodulation: Legume Formation and its Regulation
Systemic Signalling in Light Acclimation of Leaves
Systemic Photo-Oxidative Stress Signalling
Macromolecules Trafficking in the Phloem and Inter-Organ Communication
Electrical Long Distance Signalling in Plants
Intercellular Communication in Plants: Evidence for an EMF-Generated Signal that Evokes Local and Systemic Transcriptional Responses in Tomato
Systemic Wound Signalling in Plants
Calcium Along the Phloem Pathway as a Universal Trigger and Regulator of Systemic Alarms and Signals
The Role of Volatiles in Plant-Plant Interactions.