Plant tropisms [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Simon Gilroy, Patrick H. Masson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830466903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-45039-1; 9786611450397; 0-470-38829-3; 0-470-38826-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GilroySimon; MassonPatrick H
• Disciplina: 571.62; 571.8; 571.82
• Soggetti: Tropisms; Growth (Plants)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Mechanisms of gravity perception in higher plants / Aline H. Valster and Elison B. Blancaflor -- Signal transduction in gravitropism / Benjamin R. Harrison ... [et al.] -- Auxin transport and the integration of gravitropic growth / Gloria K. Muday and Abidur Rahman -- Phototropism and its relationship to gravitropism / Jack L. Mullen and John Z. Kiss -- Touch sensing and thigmotropism / Gabriele B. Monshausen, Sarah J. Swanson and Simon Gilroy -- Other tropisms and their relationship to gravitropism / Gladys I. Cassab -- Single-cell gravitropism and gravitaxis / Markus Braun and Ruth Hemmersbach -- Space-based research on plant tropisms / Melanie J. Correll and John Z. Kiss -- Plan(t)s for space exploration / Christopher S. Brown ... [et al.].
• Sommario/riassunto: Tropisms, the defined vectorial 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 compr