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PCENT — Gravitropic Responses of Plant Seedlings Contributor: CASI … NASA Acronyms
Gravitropism — [or geotropism ] is a turning or growth movement by a plant or fungus in response to gravity. Charles Darwin was one of the first Europeans to document that roots show positive gravitropism and stems show negative gravitropism . That is, roots… … Wikipedia
Clinostat — Other names Klinostat, horizontal clinostat, single axis clinostat Uses reduces the effect of gravity on organisms, chiefly used with plants Inventor Julius von Sachs Related items random positioning machine A clinostat is a device which uses… … Wikipedia
Arabidopsis thaliana — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
Aerial root — Pneumatophore redirects here. It is also a name for the air bladder of the Portuguese Man o War. Aerial roots are roots that are aboveground. They are almost always adventitious. They are found in diverse plant species, including epiphytes also… … Wikipedia
Statolith — Statoliths are a specialized form of amyloplasts involved in gravity perception by plants.These specialized amyloplasts are denser than the cytoplasm and can sediment according to the gravity vector. They are found in a special subset of cells of … Wikipedia
Kurtosis — In probability theory and statistics, kurtosis (from the Greek word κυρτός, kyrtos or kurtos, meaning bulging) is any measure of the peakedness of the probability distribution of a real valued random variable.[1] In a similar way to the concept… … Wikipedia
Skewness — Example of experimental data with non zero (positive) skewness (gravitropic response of wheat coleoptiles, 1,790) In probability theory and statistics, skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real valued random … Wikipedia
Gravitropismo — Respuesta gravitrópica de un tallo situado horizontalmente. El gravitropismo (o geotropismo) es un tipo de tropismo, propio de las plantas, que se refleja en un crecimiento en respuesta a la aceleración de la gravedad. Permite el crecimiento… … Wikipedia Español
Deepwater rice — A farmer inspecting a crop of deepwater rice Deepwater rice is a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) grown in flooded conditions with water more than 50 cm (20 in) deep for at least a month.[1] More than 100 million people … Wikipedia
