Plant Tropisms: And other Growth MovementsThis text explores the means, processes and mechanisms by which plants change the orientation and juxtapositions of various organs in order to optimize their harvest of energy, and examines the major stumuli which provokes such responses. These interactions are re-described for higher plants through to ferns, fungi and algae, and the text constantly emphasizes the functional significance of particular growth movements to plants in their natural surroundings. |
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Contents
Introduction to tropisms | 23 |
Gravitropism | 44 |
Phototropism | 90 |
Thigmotropism | 139 |
Other tropisms | 161 |
| 186 | |
| 204 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Plant Tropisms: And other Growth Movements |
| Author | J.W. Hart |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0412530805, 9780412530807 |
| Length | 208 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Life Sciences / Botany |
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