10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEISMONASTY»
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seismonasty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
seismonasty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Physiology and Behaviour of Plants
Seismonasty is the movement of a plant in response to mechanical stimulation.
Mechanical stimulation can be in the form of touching (Figure 11.17), shaking,
wounding or burning the plant. Some examples of plants exhibiting seismonasty
are ...
2
Cmplt Biology For Medical Ent Exams
The nastic movements are divided into photonasty, thermonasty, hydronasty,
haptonasty, chemonasty and seismonasty, according to the factors involved, (i)
Photonasty - Leaves of oxa- lis take up horizontal position in sunlight and droop
down ...
3
Competition Science Vision
When we touch the leaves of Mimosa pudica, they droop down due to — (A)
Epinasiy (B) Nyctinasty (C) Photonasty (D) Seismonasty 2. A code in which each
word is coded by more than one symbol is commonly referred to as — (A) Triplet
...
4
Krishna's Objective Question Bank in Biology
1997) The leaves of Mimosa pudica droop down when touched due to (1)
Thigmotropism (2) Seismonasty (3) Nyctinasty (4) Chemonasty (CPMT-UP 1991,
98; PMT-Raj. 1995, 96; BHU 1997; CBSE 1999) The tendrils of stems of climbing
vines ...
N Saxena, S Sharma, S Sharma
5
BIOS Instant Notes in Plant Biology
Understanding the clock is likely to be achieved through analysis of mutants of
arabidopsis which show altered circadian rhythms. Seismonasty Seismonasty is
most dramatically seen in sensitive plants, such as Mimosa pudica, in which
touch ...
Andrew Lack, David Evans, 2001
6
Principles of Plant Physiology
SEISMONASTY Hy scismonasty, or scismonic irritability, is meant the
phenomenon met with in a number of plants in which response is made to what
are often termed mechanical ' shocks ', such as blows, shaking or pressure. It is
immaterial ...
7
Instant Notes in Plant Biology
D Seismonasty phytochrome is involved in entraining ('setting') the endogenous
clock to coincide with light and dark in the 24 h period (Topic I1). It is likely that
intracellular messengers are also involved. Understanding the clock is likely to
be ...
Andrew Lack, David Evans, 2001
Let us examine different kinds of tropic movements: Thigmonasty or Seismonasty
— A nastic movement in response to touch or contact is called thigmonasty or
seismonasty. It is present in many plants such as the leaves of the touch-me-not ...
9
Comprehensive Objective Biology
The movement shown by an insectivorous plant during the trapping of insect is (a
) Nyctinasty D (fe) Thigmonasty D (c) Epinasty D (d) Seismonasty. D 9. The
photoreceptor that participates in photoperiodism is (a) Florigen D (6)
Phytochrome D ...
... 362, 509 -, monocotyledon 387 segregation, DNA 90 seismonasty, kinetics 527
-, Mimosa pudica 527 -, stimulus transmission 528 Selaginella serpens, change
in form of chloroplast 118 selective herbicide 579, 580 selective permeability 70 ...
Hans Mohr, Peter Schopfer, 1995
