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circumnutation

The organismal movement by which the tip of a plant organ follows a spiral pattern as a consequence of growth. [GOC:mtg_MIT_16mar07, ISBN:0192801023]
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2016
2016
The Kinematics of Plant Nutation Reveals a Simple Relation between Curvature and the Orientation of Differential Growth
Nutation is an oscillatory movement that plants display during their development. Despite its ubiquity among plants movements… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Circumnutation as an autonomous root movement in plants.
Although publications on circumnutation of the aerial parts of flowering plants are numerous and primarily from the time between… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Circumnutation as a visible plant action and reaction
Circumnutation is a helical organ movement widespread among plants. It is variable due to a different magnitude of trajectory… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Gravity amplifies and microgravity decreases circumnutations in Arabidopsis thaliana stems: results from a space experiment.
In a microgravity experiment onboard the International Space Station, circumnutations of Arabidopsis thaliana were studied… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Shoot circumnutation and winding movements require gravisensing cells.
Circumnutation and winding in plants are universal growth movements that allow plants to survive despite their sessile nature… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Spiralizations and tropisms in Arabidopsis roots.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Root-growth behavior of the Arabidopsis mutant rgr1. Roles of gravitropism and circumnutation in the waving/coiling phenomenon.
In this study we investigated the kinetics of the gravitropic response of the Arabidopsis mutant rgr1 (reduced root gravitropism… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Circumnutations: results from recent experiments on Earth and in space
Abstract. Results of experiments on circumnutations from the last few decades are discussed, particularly in regard to the… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Circumnutations: From Darwin to Space Flights
WHAT ARE CIRCUMNUTATIONS? More than a century ago, plant physiologists were aware that plant organs-roots, hypocotyls, shoots… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Circumnutations of sunflower hypocotyls in satellite orbit.
The principal objective of the research reported here was to determine whether a plant's periodic growth oscillations, called… 
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