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chemotropism
chemotropism Biol. (kɛˈmɒtrəpɪz(ə)m) [f. chemo- + Gr. τρόπος a turning + -ism.] A condition of sensitiveness to a chemical substance in solution, exhibited by certain organisms, or parts of organisms, producing curvature towards the stimulus, termed positive chemotropism, or away from it, negative c...
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Chemotropism
roots grow towards useful minerals displaying positive chemotropism, and grow away from harmful acids displaying negative chemotropism. Chemotropism in Fungi
Fungal chemotropism was first reported over 100 years ago by Anton de Bary.
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rheotropism
rheotropism Zool. and Bot. (riːˈɒtrəpɪz(ə)m, riːəʊˈtrəʊpɪz(ə)m) [ad. G. rheotropismus (B. Jönsson 1883, in Ber. d. deutsch. bot. Ges. I. 521): see rheo- and tropism.] The orientation or movement of an animal or plant in response to a current of water.1887 H. E. F. Garnsey tr. A. de Bary's Compar. Mo...
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Tropism
According to the type of stimulus, tropisms can be:
Aerotropism: the growth of plants towards or away from a source of wind
Chemotropism: the movement
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tropism
tropism Biol. (ˈtrɒpɪz(ə)m, ˈtrəʊpɪz(ə)m) [The second element of heliotropism, geotropism, etc., used as an inclusive or generic term.] The turning of an organism, or a part of one, in a particular direction (either in the way of growth, bending, or locomotion) in response to some special external s...
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Muhammad Afzal Husain
Zoolo. 7 (3).
(1920) (With Imms, AD) Field Experiments on Chemotropism in insects. Ann.
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traumatropism
traumatropism Biol. (trɔːˈmætrəʊpɪz(ə)m) Also traumatotropism. [Short for *traumatotropism, f. Gr. τραῦµα wound, after geotropism, heliotropism, etc.] A peculiar growth or curvature of an organism (esp. a plant) resulting from a wound. traumaˈtropic a., of, pertaining to, or of the nature of traumat...
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Alain Chédotal
His recent work has called into question the existence of a chemotropism of commissural axons, one of the dogmas in the field.
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neurotropism
neurotropism (njʊərəʊˈtrəʊpɪz(ə)m, njʊəˈrɒtrəpɪz(ə)m) [ad. Gr. neurotropismus (J. Forssman 1900, in Beiträge z. path. Anat. u. z. allgem. Path. XXVII. 408): see neurotropic a. and -ism.] 1. Anat. The supposed attraction (or repulsion) exerted by one mass of nervous (or other) tissue upon another mas...
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Tendril
touch perception, plants have a form of self-discrimination and avoid twining around themselves or neighboring plants of the same speciesdemonstrating chemotropism
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Glossary of phytopathology
canker
capsid (syn. coat protein)
carcinogen
carrier
casting
causal agent
certification
cfu (abbr. for colony forming unit)
chemotaxis (syn. chemotropism
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aero-
aero- (ˈɛərəʊ, now rarely ˈeɪərəʊ) a. Gr. ἀερο-, combining form of ἀήρ, ἀέρα, air, the atmosphere, as in ἀεροµετρέειν to measure the air, ἀεροσκοπία divination by observing the heavens, etc. a. † aero-elastic (in form aereo-elastic), a. (see quot.); ˌaero-ˈembolism Path. (see quot. 1939); ˈaerogel C...
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Plant perception (physiology)
See also
Auxin
Biosemiotics
Chemotropism
Ethylene
Gravitropism
Heliotropism
Hydrotropism
Hypersensitive response
Kairomone
Kinesis (biology)
Nastic movements
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