A new study uses multiple approaches to determine why horizontally expanding leaf patterns exist and how they are formed.
Tag - gravitropism
Rachel Shekar
Dissecting growth responses to gravity and light in poplar trees
Can a new isotropic light device lead to a better understanding of molecular responses to gravitational stimuli?
William Salter
Use it or lose it, for a plant’s sense of gravity?
Gravitropism is the ability of a plant to turn in response to gravity. Roots have gravitropism, bending to turn down and stems negative gravitropism to turn up. But what happens if you remove a plant’s ability to...
Alun Salt
Feel the force!
Plants are remarkably sensitive to their environment, responding by appropriate growth and development to a wide range of environmental stimuli. In the case of gravity, the appropriate response is for stems to grow...
Nigel Chaffey
Gibberellin mediates tension wood formation
Results suggest that gibberellin is important for the development of gelatinous fibres, and therefore in gravitropism.
botanyone
Stem uprighting in tree saplings
Tree saplings growing in a forest understorey undergo frequent changes in their light environment, to which they must adapt. Collet et al. analyse changes in sapling stem inclination over 4 years after canopy opening in...
