===== plants =====

==== general ====
 * Plantengids / Plant guide / Guide des plantes / Pflanzenführer > http://www.kuleuven-kortrijk.be/bioweb/

==== nutrients... ====

| **non-mineral** | hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), & carbon (C) ||
| **mineral** |||
| **primary nutrients** | nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K). | usually lacking from the soil as plants use large amounts for growth and survival. |
| **secondary nutrients** | calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and sulfur (S). | usually enough in the soil |
| **micronutrients** | boron (B), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), chloride (Cl), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo) and zinc (Zn). ||


==== plant development ====
  * plant cells are totipotent (ie. each cell is capable of producing an entire plant)
  * auxin - rooting compound
  * cytokinins - shooting/leaves
  * gibberellins - elongation of cells

  * hormones / growth regulators 

| **Hormone** | **Function** | **Location** |
| Auxins (IAA)* | stem elongation \\ root formation  | apical dominanace \\  produced in shoot \\ apical meristem |
| Cytokinins | cell division \\ differentiation | produced in roots |
| Gibberellins (GA)* | stem & internode elongation \\ seed germination| produced in apical portion of root & shoot |
| Ethylene* | abscission fruit ripening | produced in leaves, stems & young fruits |
| Abscisic Acid	| supression of bud growth \\ stomatal opening \\ leaf senescence | mature leaves, fruits & root caps |

* horticultural/agricultural applications

 via http://www.biology-online.org/11/9_plant_metabolism.htm

==== movement ====
see > [[plant movement]]

==== plant electrophysiology ====

  * signal transduction
    * http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/Webb/home.html
  * dr shunnosuke abe
    * http://web-mcb.agr.ehime-u.ac.jp/english/biophys/prtelec.htm
  * eric davies
  * neural interface / multielectrode array
    * steve potter
    * interfacing stomata / eletrically to MEA
	
==== other ====

[[Plan Plant Planet]]

   * the gift of green (short movie): http://www.archive.org/details/GiftofGr1946

corals actively change their local climate [[Coral Local Climate]]  

[[HPI]]