Plants, fungi, and bacteria Plant communication refers to plant processes involving the sending and receiving of information. The field studying plant communication is called phytosemiotics. This field poses additional difficulties for researchers since plants are different from humans and other animals in that they lack a central nervous system and have rigid cell walls. These walls restrict movement and usually prevent plants from sending and receiving signals that depend on rapid movement. However, there are some similarities since plants face many of the same challenges as animals. For example, they need to find resources, avoid predators and pathogens, find mates, and ensure that their offspring survive. Many of the evolutionary responses to these challenges are analogous to those in animals but are implemented using different means. One crucial difference is that chemical communication is much more prominent in the plant kingdom in contrast to the importance of visual and auditory communication for animals.
Plants fungi and bacteria Plant communication refers to plant processes involving the sending and receiving of information The field studying plant communication is called phytosemiotics This field poses additional difficulties for researchers since plants are different from humans and other animals in that they lack a central nervous system and have rigid cell walls These walls restrict movement and usually prevent plants from sending and receiving signals that depend on rapid movement However there are some similarities since plants face many of the same challenges as animals For example they need to find resources avoid predators and pathogens find mates and ensure that their offspring survive Many of the evolutionary responses to these challenges are analogous to those in animals but are implemented using different means One crucial difference is that chemical communication is much more prominent in the plant kingdom in contrast to the importance of visual and auditory communication for animals