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The Physiology of Tropisms

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Progress in Botany

Part of the book series: Progress in Botany ((BOTANY,volume 59))

Abstract

The historic work of Darwin, a century ago, has set a landmark in the field of plant movements, particularly in the category of directed growth (Darwin 1896). Plants and fungi through directed growth, defined as “tropism”, respond in spatial orientation to environmental stimuli such as light, gravity, temperature and water (Poff et al. 1994). The field has been reviewed by Hensel (1986) for Progress in Botany in vol. 48; for reviews in fungi, lower and higher plants see also Konings (1995); Fukaki et al. (1996); Estelle (1996); Sievers et al. (1996).

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  1. Membran- und Bewegungsphysiologie Botanisches Institut I, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Senckenbergstraße 17, D-35390, Giessen, Germany

    Professor Dr. Gottfried Wagner

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  1. Zellenlehre, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    H.-D. Behnke

  2. Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Botanik, Ruhr Universität, D-44780, Bochum, Germany

    K. Esser

  3. Institut für Spezielle Botanik und Botanischer Garten, Universität Mainz, Saarstraße 21, D-55099, Mainz, Germany

    J. W. Kadereit

  4. Institut für Botanik, FB Biologie (10), TH Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 3-5, D-64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    U. Lüttge

  5. Lehrstuhl für Geobotanik, Systematisch-Geobotanisches Institut der Universität, Untere Karsüle 2, D-37073, Götingen, Germany

    M. Runge

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Dedicated to Prof. Pill-Soon Song on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

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Wagner, G. (1998). The Physiology of Tropisms. In: Behnke, HD., Esser, K., Kadereit, J.W., Lüttge, U., Runge, M. (eds) Progress in Botany. Progress in Botany, vol 59. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80446-5_15

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