Root gravitropism in response to a signal originating outside of the cap

Planta

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 153-157

  Wolverton, Chris ^a   Mullen, Jack L ^a,b   Ishikawa, Hideo ^a   Evans, Michael L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravitropism; Gravity sensing; Zea (gravitropism)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

GRAVITROPIC CURVATURES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

GRAVITROPISM; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PLANT ROOT CAP; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036927518     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-001-0726-9     Document Type: Article

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