COLEOPTILES ARE GRAVI-GUIDING SYSTEMS VITAL FOR GRAVI-INSENSITIVE SHOOTS OF GERMINATING GRASS SEEDLINGS

Authors
EDELMANN HG
Citation
Hg. Edelmann, COLEOPTILES ARE GRAVI-GUIDING SYSTEMS VITAL FOR GRAVI-INSENSITIVE SHOOTS OF GERMINATING GRASS SEEDLINGS, Planta, 200(2), 1996, pp. 281-282
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Planta → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320935
Volume
200
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
281 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0935(1996)200:2<281:CAGSVF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Surgical removal of the coleoptiles from germinating seedlings of Seca le cereale L., Avena sativa L., and Zea mays L. leads to a total loss of gravitropic response of the shoot without affecting growth. The pri ncipal function of coleoptiles is therefore to guide the gravi-insensi tive shoot to the soil surface.