Plant Tropisms

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Plant Tropisms Edited by SIMON GILROY PATRICK H. MASSON ...

Simon Gilroy, Ph.D., is Professor of Biology at Pennsylvania State University. Patrick H. Masson, Ph.D., is Professor of Genetic ...

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CHRISTOPHER S. BROWN, HEIKE WINTER SEDEROFF, ERIC DAVIES, Chapter 1: Mechanisms of Gravity Perception in Higher Plants Preface ...

List of Contributors ix Elison B. Blancaflor Plant Biology Division The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 2510 Sam Noble Parkway A ...

Robert J. Ferl Department of Horticulture University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 USA Tel: (352) 392- Fax: (352) 392- E-mail ...

Abidur Rahman Biology Department University of Massachusetts 611 North Pleasant St. 106 Morrill 3 Amherst, MA 01003 USA Phone: ( ...

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Preface xiii As sessile organisms, plants spend their entire lives at the site of seed germination. Consequently, they require a ...

Chapter 1, Valster and Blancaflor describe our current models of gravitropic sensing in plants, a theme further developed in Cha ...

experiments have added new information on plant growth responses to directional cues such as gravity, light, or oxygen gradients ...

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1 Mechanisms of Gravity Perception in Higher Plants Aline H. Valster and Elison B. Blancaflor* 3 1.1 Introduction Plant growth a ...