Turning heads: The biology of solar tracking in sunflower

Plant Science

Volumn 224, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-26

  Vandenbrink, Joshua P ^a   Brown, Robin Isadora ^a   Harmer, Stacey L ^b   Blackman, Benjamin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Helianthus annuus; Heliotropism; Plant movement; Solar tracking; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLORESCENCE; PHOTOTROPISM; PLANT; SUNFLOWER; SUNLIGHT;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HELIANTHUS; INFLORESCENCE; PHOTOTROPISM; PLANT SHOOTS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84899834149     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.04.006     Document Type: Review

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