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What plants talk about [digital videodisc] / produced with the participation of the Canadian Media Fund ; produced in association with The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; a Merit Motion Pictures production ; written and directed by Erna Buffie ; produced by Merit Jensen Carr ; WNET Thirteen.

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[Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2013]

Plant cellular signal transduction.

Plants -- Behavior.

1 videodisc (53 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Introduction -- Do plants behave like animals? -- A plant's call for help -- A secret social life -- Do plants have kin recognition? -- Underground networks -- Credits.

Hard core science is effortlessly integrated with a light-hearted look at how plants behave. Scientist J.C. Cahill reveals an astonishing landscape where plants eavesdrop on each other, talk to their allies, call in insect mercenaries and nurture their young. It is a world of pulsing activity, where plants communicate, co-operate and, sometimes, wage all-out war.

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