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| ===Plant hormones=== | ===Plant hormones=== |
| There are five general classes of hormones: auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, ethylene, and abscisic acid. for more details see [[plant biology]] | There are five general classes of hormones: auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, ethylene, and abscisic acid. for more details see [[plant biology]] |
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| ==== Types of Movement ==== | ==== Types of Movement ==== |
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| | "Plants in motion", A great collection of short time lapses showing plants in motion |
| | http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/starthere.html |
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| ===Phototropism=== | ===Phototropism=== |
| * movement in response to light. | * movement in response to light. |
| * Chemotropism, movement or growth in response to chemicals | * Chemotropism, movement or growth in response to chemicals |
| * Gravitropism (or geotropism), movement or growth in response to gravity | * Gravitropism (or geotropism), movement or growth in response to gravity |
| | * Apogeotropism, the inclination to behave contrary to gravity |
| * Hydrotropism, movement or growth in response to moisture or water | * Hydrotropism, movement or growth in response to moisture or water |
| * Heliotropism, movement or growth in response to sunlight | * Heliotropism, movement or growth in response to sunlight. |
| | * Selenotropism, movement or growth in response to the moon. |
| | * Scototropism, movement or growth towards shadow. |
| * Phototropism, movement or growth in response to lights or colors of light | * Phototropism, movement or growth in response to lights or colors of light |
| * Thermotropism, movement or growth in response to temperature | * Thermotropism, movement or growth in response to temperature |
| * Thigmotropism, movement or growth in response to touch or contact | * Thigmotropism, movement or growth in response to touch or contact |
| | * Autotropism, inclination of plants to grow in a certain direction or to return to a previous (or is it prior) form |
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| ==== Reading / / Notes ==== | ==== Reading / / Notes ==== |
| * [[wp>Rapid plant movement]] | * [[wp>Rapid plant movement]] |
| * "The Power of Movement in Plants" Charles Darwin's book on phototropism > http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5605 | * "The Power of Movement in Plants" Charles Darwin's book on phototropism > http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5605 |
| | * Roger P. Hangarter's research into plant's responses to environmental stimuli: http://www.bio.indiana.edu/%7Ehangarterlab/abstracts/research.html |
| | * Roger P. Hangarter & Dennis DeHart - Slow Life: http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/usbg/ http://dennis4.fatcow.com/lowlife/slowlife_intro.html |
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| | * Movement/growth of roots: http://tomwalk.com/research.htm |
