Phototropism and its Relationship to Gravitropism

Plant Tropisms

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 79-90

  Mullen, Jack L ^a   Kiss, John Z ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravitropism; Photosimulation; Phototropism; Plants; Stems

Indexed keywords

EID: 54449093571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470388297.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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