In biology, phototropism is the growth of an organism in response to a light stimulus. Phototropism is most often observed in plants, but can also occur...

fields Phototropism: movement or growth in response to lights or colors of light Aphototropism: negative phototropism Skototropism: negative phototropism of...

This is called phototropism. Janoudi and his fellow coworkers wanted to see what type of phytochrome was responsible for causing phototropism to occur, and...

(1832). It was renamed phototropism in 1892, because it is a response to light rather than to the sun, and because the phototropism of algae in lab studies...

of fungus in the Zygomycota phylum. They are known for their strong phototropism response and helical growth of the sporangium. The best studied species...

by motion; for example, the leaves of a plant turning toward the sun (phototropism), and chemotaxis. Interaction between organisms. the processes by which...

These specialized hyphae usually show negative gravitropism and positive phototropism allowing good spore dispersal. The sporangia wall is thin and is easily...

light. This is known as positive phototropism. The roots grow away from light. This is known as negative phototropism. Monocytes and macrophages of the...

mature, gravitropism continues to guide growth and development along with phototropism. While amyloplasts continue to guide plants in the right direction, plant...

ISBN 978-1-260-01935-3. OCLC 1034587285. Whippo CW, Hangarter RP (May 2006). "Phototropism: bending towards enlightenment". The Plant Cell. 18 (5): 1110–9. doi:10...

several loops and few beta sheets. In plants, cryptochromes mediate phototropism, or directional growth toward a light source, in response to blue light...

occur via a plant's response to a particular stimulus, such as light (phototropism), gravity (gravitropism), water, (hydrotropism), and physical contact...

Panama. The seeds fall to the ground, then the seedlings crawl (negative phototropism) until they meet a tree on which to attach. The many adjacent roots thus...

his father on experiments dealing with plant movements, specifically phototropism. They co-authored The Power of Movement in Plants (1880) and Francis...

third day of the germination (if in the darkness). Early experiments on phototropism using coleoptiles suggested that plants grow towards light because plant...

include the climbing vines of Araceae (Alismatales) which use negative phototropism (skototropism) to locate host trees (i.e. the darkest area), while some...

organisms, or the motion of the leaves of a plant turning toward the sun (phototropism), and chemotaxis. Reproduction: the ability to produce new individual...

photoreceptor proteins (more specifically, flavoproteins) that mediate phototropism responses across many species of algae, fungi and higher plants. Phototropins...

251–265. doi:10.1002/bio.955. PMID 17285566. Sivinski, J. M. (1998). "Phototropism, bioluminescence, and the Diptera". Florida Entomologist. 81 (3): 282–292...

directionalization of organs- for example, stems turning toward light sources (phototropism), roots growing in response to gravity (gravitropism), and other tropisms...

black plastic, or other material to eliminate the effects of negative phototropism. The nutrient solution is changed either on a schedule, such as once...

particularly phototropism. He identified riboflavin and other flavins as what are called phototropins, photoreceptor proteins for phototropism (the bending...

monocotyledons, including the tendencies for the shoot to grow towards the light (phototropism) and the roots to grow downward (gravitropism). In both cases the directional...

property of oil rejection Photophobia (biology) a negative phototaxis or phototropism response, or a tendency to stay out of the light Ultrahydrophobicity...

to the discovery of a novel red-light sensing mechanism involved in phototropism of flowering plants. Kiss also was one of the first scientists to study...

Phycomyces research has focused on sporangiophore photobiology, such as phototropism and photomecism ('light growth response'). Metabolic, developmental,...

The Power of Movement in Plants is a book by Charles Darwin on phototropism and other types of movement in plants. This book continues his work in producing...

the common tropisms seen in plants is phototropism, the bending of the plant toward a source of light. Phototropism allows the plant to maximize light exposure...

detectable change in the plant's environment. As a result, the plant exhibits a reaction of phototropism—directional growth (2.) toward the light stimulus....

conditions. Photophobia (or photophobic response) may also refer to a negative phototaxis or phototropism response. What are sciophytes? - Times of India v t e...