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TROPISM IN PLANTS Environmental triggers, such as light or gravity, will change the directions that plant parts grow in. These directional, or tropic, movements can be either towards the stimulus, or away from it. Phototropism Geotropism Picture Sources: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Phototropism.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_root#/media/File:Banyan_tree_Old_Lee_County_Courthouse.jpg Growth/bending towards the light is called Phototropism Stem ususally shows positive Phototropism (and negative geotropism). The reverse is true for roots Growth of roots towards earth is called Geotropism Do you know what is Hydrotropism , Thigmotropism or Chemotropism ? Ans: movement / growth aﬀected by water, touch and chemicals respectively

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Page 1: TROPISM IN PLANTS€¦ · Do you know what is Hydrotropism , Thigmotropism or Chemotropism ? Ans: movement / growth aﬀected by water, touch and chemicals respectively. Title: 102

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SEnvironmental triggers, such as light or gravity, will change the directions

that plant parts grow in. These directional, or tropic, movements can be either towards the stimulus, or away from it.

Phototropism

Geotropism

Picture Sources: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Phototropism.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_root#/media/File:Banyan_tree_Old_Lee_County_Courthouse.jpg

Growth/bending towards the light is called PhototropismStem ususally shows positive Phototropism (and negative geotropism).The reverse is true for roots

Growth of roots towards earth is called GeotropismDo you know what is Hydrotropism , Thigmotropism or Chemotropism ?Ans: movement / growth affected by water, touch and chemicals respectively

Hydrotropism Roots' - Texas A&M University · hasbeen paid to root hydrotropism for manydecades, prob-ably because ofthe limited response in a limited moisture gradient, andbecause

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Hydrotropism Roots'aquarium chamber (41 x 24 x 23.5 cm) and covered by a sheet ofLucite Lcast acrylic (6 mmthickness; E. I. Dupont DeNemours&Co., Wilmington, DE)withtwoholes(5 mm i.d.)

Molecular mechanisms of chemotropism and cell fusion in ... · in unicellular fungi Sophie G. Martin ABSTRACT In all eukaryotic phyla, cell fusion is important for manyaspects of

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Chapter 33: Plant Responses Objectives Explain the term: growth regulation. Define the following terms: tropisms, phototropism, geotropism, thigmotropism,

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