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<p>The plant kingdom is a very large living world that includes woody, herbaceous and similar eukaryotic organisms</p><p>(with one or more cell nuclei). The existence and survival of all living things in the world depends on plants. Because</p><p>plants provide the energy necessary for themselves by photosynthesis thanks to the chloroplasts in their cells</p><p>(autotroph). They also produce the energy necessary for all other living things and form the first link in the food chain.</p><p>Plants are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms. They have chloroplast organelle and chlorophyll pigment in this</p><p>organelle. They are photoautotrophs. In other words, they photosynthesize. They are the source of oxygen and food</p><p>for terrestrial life. The immobility of plants is directly related and consistent with the fact that their main ecological</p><p>function is the production of substrate for the community of organisms. However, immobility necessarily entails some</p><p>limitations. To meet these limitations, plants show evidence that they can implement adaptively beneficial behaviors</p><p>in a variety of ways. Three impressive evidences of such behavior in plants are their ability to remember, measure</p><p>time and communicate with chemical signals. Plants have developed various mechanisms in order to perceive the</p><p>changing environment, to adapt to the environment they live in and to continue their own development, to</p><p>communicate with symbiotic factors above and below ground. Plants, which have certain hormones, enzymes and</p><p>organs, have developed various receptors and microtubules related to these properties. Depending on the receptors</p><p>they have developed, they receive signals and information and transmit them to their receptors and establish</p><p>biocommunication with other plants, herbivores and reciprocal receptors. The organs of plants actively move and use</p><p>these movements to actively manage both their abiotic and biotic environment. By sending signals and reacting</p><p>accordingly, plants can recognize environmental responses, stresses and threats, and can predict future</p><p>environmental conditions based on clues from the information. At the same time, they can change their behavior based</p><p>on their own and their ancestors' experiences and exhibit a related memory. Plants use these responses not only for</p><p>survival but also for reproduction, seed development, continuation of their generations and distribution. In this study,</p><p>in the light of the information obtained because of scientific studies, the awareness levels of plants for sensory and</p><p>communication will be discussed. The ability of plants to remember, measure time and communicate with chemical</p><p>signals will be explained with examples.</p> |
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