Arabidopsis thaliana root growth kinetics and lunisolar tidal acceleration

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 346-355

  Fisahn, Joachim ^a   Yazdanbakhsh, Nima ^a   Klingele, Emile ^b   Barlow, Peter ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Lunar gravity; Root elongation kinetics; Tidal force; Video imaging

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIURNAL VARIATION; GROWTH; HERB; METABOLISM; MONITORING; MUTATION; RESOLUTION; ROOT; SEEDLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STARCH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIDAL CYCLE; VIDEOGRAPHY; ACCELERATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DICOTYLEDON; GRAVITY FIELD; GROWTH RATE; LUNAR PHASE; OSCILLATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIDAL MODELING;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GRAVITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; LIGHT; MOON; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT ROOT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEEDLING;

ARABIDOPSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GRAVITATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; MOON; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 84862542470     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04162.x     Document Type: Article

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