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Phototropism - Wikipedia
Phototropism is the growth of an organism in response to a light stimulus. Phototropism is most often observed in plants, but can also occur in other organisms ...
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PHOTOTROPIC Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PHOTOTROPIC is of, relating to, or capable of phototropism.
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Plant phototropic growth - PubMed
Shoot phototropism optimizes light capture of leaves in low light environments and hence increases photosynthetic productivity.
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phototropic
phototropic, a. Biol. (ˌfəʊtəʊˈtrɒpɪk, -ˈtrəʊpɪk) [f. photo- + Gr. -τρόπος turning + -ic: cf. Gr. τροπικός of or pertaining to turning.] 1. Exhibiting or characterized by phototropism. So photoˈtropically adv.1899 C. B. Davenport Exper. Morphol. ii. 438 Aquatic plants..are only very slightly phototr...
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Phototropism: Growing towards an Understanding of Plant Movement
Phototropism, or the differential cell elongation exhibited by a plant organ in response to directional blue light, provides the plant with a means to optimize ...
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PHOTOTROPIC Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adjective · growing toward or away from the light. · taking a particular direction under the influence of light. Discover More. Other Word Forms.
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PHOTOTROPIC definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. growing toward or away from the light 2. taking a particular direction under the influence of light
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Phototropism Discovery – Early Experiments - BYJU'S
What is Phototropism? “Photo” means light, and “tropism” means turning. Phototropism is the phenomenon by which the plant bends in the direction of light.
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Phototropism - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Phototropism is defined as the directional growth of an organism in response to a light stimulus, commonly observed in plants and fungi, where shoots bend ...
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Phototropism & photoperiodism (article) | Khan Academy
In phototropism a plant bends or grows directionally in response to light. Shoots usually move towards the light; roots usually move away from it. In ...
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aphototropic
aphototropic, a. Bot. (əˌfəʊtəʊˈtrɒpɪk) [f. a- prefix 14 + phototropic a.] Bending or turning away from the light (cf. apheliotropic a.). So aphotoˈtropism.1903 Nature 9 July 237/2 At the moment of hatching, Convoluta is aphototropic. 1916 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms (ed. 3) 28/2 Aphototropism, ...
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Phototropin
Phototropins are part of the phototropic sensory system in plants that causes various environmental responses in plants.
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diaphototropic
diaphototropic, a. Bot. (ˌdaɪəfəʊtəʊˈtrɒpɪk, -ˈtrəʊpɪk) [f. dia-1 + phototropic a.] Of a plant, leaf, etc.: turning at right angles to incident light. So ˌdiaphoˈtotropism. Cf. diaheliotropic a., -ism.1901 D. T. MacDougal Pract. Text-bk. Plant Physiol. viii. 127 Leaves..place their surfaces at right...
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Heliotropism
for weak light, and negative phototropic for bright light, like sunlight). Phototropic bending can be catalyzed in the hypocotyls of juvenile sunflower seedlings while heliotropic bending in the shoot apex does not start occurring
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phototropy
phototropy (fəʊˈtɒtrəpɪ) [ad. G. phototropie (W. Marckwald 1899, in Zeitschr. f. physik. Chem. XXX. 140), f. Gr. ϕωτο- (see photo-) + -τροπία turning.] = photochromism, phototropism 2.1900 Sci. Amer. 24 Feb. 123/2 To these phenomena the experimenter gives the name of phototropy. 1929 [see phototropi...
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