ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NASTIC MOVEMENT
Nastic, from Greek nastos close-packed, from nassein to press down.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NASTIC MOVEMENT»
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BIOLOGY For Tenth Class Part3
The direction of nastic movement is not determined by the direction from which
the stimulus is applied. In nastic movement, from whichever direction the stimulus
is applied, it affects all the parts of the organ of a plant equally and they always ...
Lakhmir Singh and Manjit kaur, Lakhmir Singh, Manjit Kaur
Nastic Movements : The movement of plant parts in response to a stimulus which
takes place in any direction (neither towards the stimulus nor away from the
stimulus is called a nastic movement. Nastic movements of plants are also called
...
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Principles of Plant Physiology
CHAPTER XXV NASTIC PHENOMENA IT has been pointed out earlier that the
essential difference between a tropic and a nastic movement or curvature is that
in the former the stimulus is directional, and the response has a relation to this ...
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Reflexive Polymers and Hydrogels: Understanding and ...
Tropisms Light Nastic movement Gravitropism Phototropism FIGURE 2.1 Plant
movements: tropism and nastic movement. autophosphorylation in blue light, and
this results in activation of a phosphorylation cascade. It is believed that the ...
Nobuhiko Yui, Randall J. Mrsny, Kinam Park, 2004
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Periwinkle Biology Part-7
These are two types - Tropic movement and Nastic movement. Many plants fold
their leaves or close the petals at night and reopen the next morning. Movement
in plants Tropic Movement Nastic Movement i r-^H 1 1 H 1 Phototropic Geotropic
...
Akhilesh Kumar Srivastava
Thigmotropic movement of the leaves of the touch-me-not plant is also a nastic
movement. Why? one muscle contracts while the other relaxes. Thus, they move.
Fig. 3-42. Coiling of the tendril of a morning glory plant round a solid support. Fig.
Some plants show nastic movement. A nasty is a non-directional response of part
of a plant in response to a stimulus, i.e. it involves movement not locomotion. The
direction of the response is determined by the structure of the plant organ, not ...
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Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919
In theseinstancesof nastic movement,theinducedcurvature isin relation ofthe
plant;theopening oftheflowerdueto rise of temperature willremain thesame,
whether the flower bekeptinanerect or in aninverted position. Had themovement ...
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Physiology and Behaviour of Plants
phototropism, gravitropism, heliotropism, hydrotropism, thigmotropism and
chemotropism. 2. A nastic movement in a plant occurs when a plant responds to
an external stimulus but the movement is independent of the direction of the
stimulus.
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Plants: Diversity and Evolution
... leaf movements, stomatal opening/closing and trap mechanisms in carnivorous
plants, the external stimulus does not determine the direction of movement.
Temperature-induced movement of flowers is a nastic movement (ther- monasty).
Martin Ingrouille, Bill Eddie, 2006
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Folding Plants Inspire Next Generation of Shape Shifting Robots
Called nastic movement, it differs from phototropism in several ways. It is a rapid movement that can be observed with the naked eye in real ... «CleanTechnica, Feb 11»
