Action potentials in higher plants

Introduction ............................................................................................................. 172 Some Reasonably Well Characterized Action Potentials in Plants with Rapid Motor Activity ......................................................................................................... 173 Propagating Action Potentials Induced in Ordinary Plants by Altering the Temperature or Osmotic Environment, and by Cutting, Mashing, or Heating Tissue ..................................................................................................................... 178 Certain Other Evoked Action Potentials ........................................................ 188 Pollination ...................................................................................................... 188 Frictional Stimulation of Seedlings ......................................................... 189 Elicitation by Pulses of Current ............................................................ 190 Spontaneous, Localized Activity ..................................................................... 190 Sequelae of Action Potentials ............................................................ 192 Acknowledgments and Notes ............................................................................. 196 Note Added in Proof ....................................................................................... 196 Literature Cited .............................................................................................. 198

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