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Frequency as a property of physiological signals in plants
Author(s) -
DUE G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
plant, cell and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 200
eISSN - 1365-3040
pISSN - 0140-7791
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1989.tb01926.x
Subject(s) - property (philosophy) , range (aeronautics) , hypocotyl , biological system , computer science , epistemology , biology , engineering , botany , philosophy , aerospace engineering
. The ‘hormone’ idea is based on a peculiarly chemical notion of substance and time. Although the chemical view of substance is advanced, its view of time is primitive compared to that of physics. This leads to considerable difficulties when applied to oscillatory systems, such as the nutating hypocotyl. There is evidence of involvement of a wide range of oscillatory systems in plants. In considering the properties of such systems, the possibility of physiological signals based on frequency becomes apparent. Some implications of this possibility for both theory and experimental programmes are discussed.