Plant Tropisms
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| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Subject: | Tropisms, Growth (Plants) |
| Authors: | Simon Gilroy , Patrick Masson |
| Pages: | 240 pages |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| ISBN: | 9780813823232 |
| Call No: | QK 745. P59 2007 |
Tropisms, the defined vectoral stimuli, such as gravity, light, touch, humidity gradients, ions, oxygen, and temperature, which provide guidance for plant organ growth, is a rapidly growing and changing field. The last few years have witnessed a true renaissance in the analysis of tropisms. As such the conception of tropisms has changed from being seen as a group of simple laboratory curiosities to their recognition as important tools/phenotypes with which to decipher basic cell biological processes that are essential to plant growth and development. Plant Tropisms will provide a comprehensive, yet integrated volume of the current state of knowledge on the molecular and cell biological processes that govern plant tropisms.