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Wikipedia Overview
Gravitropism is a coordinated process of differential growth by a plant in response to gravity pulling on it. It also occurs in fungi. Gravity can be either artificial gravity or natural gravity. It is a general feature of all higher and many lower plants as well as other organisms. Charles Darwin was one of the first to scientifically document that roots show positive gravitropism and stems show negative gravitropism. That is, roots grow in the direction of gravitational pull and stems grow in the opposite direction. This behavior can be easily demonstrated with any potted plant. When laid onto its side, the growing parts of the stem begin to display negative gravitropism, growing upwards. Herbaceous (non-woody) stems are capable of a degree of actual bending, but most of the redirected movement occurs as a consequence of root or stem growth outside. The mechanism is based on the Cholodny–Went model which was proposed in 1927, and has since been modified. Although the model has been criticized and continues to be refined, it has largely stood the test of time.
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Gravity sensing in plants - Wiley & Sons
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Antagonistic SnRK2 and PID kinases' action on auxin transport–mediated root gravitropism - PNAS
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Evolution of fast root gravitropism in seed plants - Nature
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Unraveling Gravitropism: Scientists Decode the Unusual Relationship Between Gravity and Plant Roots - The Debrief
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New Study Reveals How Roots Sense Gravity - SeedWorld
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How a plant hormone helps roots bend and grow downward toward gravity - Phys.org
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Unifying model of shoot gravitropism reveals proprioception as a central feature of posture control in plants - PNAS
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Mechanosensing antagonizes ethylene signaling to promote root gravitropism in rice - Nature
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HSFA2D–LAZY6–LAZY1 module regulates shoot gravitropism and tiller angle in rice - Wiley & Sons
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Gravity sensing and responses in the coordination of the shoot gravitropic setpoint angle - Wiley & Sons
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Adaptive divergence in shoot gravitropism creates hybrid sterility in an Australian wildflower - PNAS
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Root developmental zonation is independent of cell wall pH - Nature
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Inclination not force is sensed by plants during shoot gravitropism - Nature
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Cytokinins influence root gravitropism via differential regulation of auxin transporter expression and localization in Arabidopsis - Wiley & Sons
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A minus-end directed kinesin motor directs gravitropism in Physcomitrella patens - Nature
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High temperature attenuates the gravitropism of inflorescence stems by inducing SHOOT GRAVITROPISM 5 alternative splicing in Arabidopsis - Wiley & Sons
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Shoot gravitropism and organ straightening cooperate to arrive at a mechanically favorable shape in Arabidopsis - Nature
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Design and synthesis of strong root gravitropism inhibitors with no concomitant growth inhibition - Nature
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Negative gravitropism in plant roots - Nature
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Brassinosteroid signaling delimits root gravitropism via sorting of the Arabidopsis PIN2 auxin transporter - Nature
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Hydrotropism mechanisms and their interplay with gravitropism - Wexler - 2024 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library
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How grow-and-switch gravitropism generates root coiling and root waving growth responses in Medicago truncatula - PNAS
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Striking the Right Chord: Signaling Enigma during Root Gravitropism - Frontiers
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Light modulates the gravitropic responses through organ-specific PIFs and HY5 regulation of LAZY4 expression in Arabidopsis - PNAS
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The power of chemical genomics to study the link between endomembrane system components and the gravitropic response - National Institutes of Health (NIH) | (.gov)
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Cytokinin functions as an asymmetric and anti-gravitropic signal in lateral roots - Nature
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Pin1At regulates PIN1 polar localization and root gravitropism - Nature
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Polarly localized Bro1 domain proteins regulate PIN-FORMED abundance and root gravitropic growth in Arabidopsis - Nature
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LAZY1 controls rice shoot gravitropism through regulating polar auxin transport - Nature
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Arabidopsis thaliana B‐GATA factors repress starch synthesis and gravitropic growth responses - Wiley & Sons
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PID/WAG-mediated phosphorylation of the Arabidopsis PIN3 auxin transporter mediates polarity switches during gravitropism - Nature
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Foraging for water by MIZ1-mediated antagonism between root gravitropism and hydrotropism - PNAS
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How roots forage for water - EurekAlert!
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Arabidopsis phosphatidylinositol monophosphate 5-kinase 2 is involved in root gravitropism through regulation of polar auxin transport by affecting the cycling of PIN proteins - Nature
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A role for the auxin precursor anthranilic acid in root gravitropism via regulation of PIN‐FORMED protein polarity and relocalisation in Arabidopsis - Wiley & Sons
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When plant roots learned to follow gravity - Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
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Transporter protein regulates root gravitropism in Arabidopsis - riken.jp
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increase in Arabidopsis seedlings requires MCA1, a Ca - Nature
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Transcriptional regulation of PIN genes by FOUR LIPS and MYB88 during Arabidopsis root gravitropism - Nature
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The role of Arabidopsis 5PTase13 in root gravitropism through modulation of vesicle trafficking - Nature
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Cucumbers in space provide insights on root growth - SpaceNews
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Diverse geotropic responses in the orchid family - Chen - 2024 - Plant, Cell & Environment - Wiley Online Library
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Root gravitropism requires lateral root cap and epidermal cells for transport and response to a mobile auxin signal - Nature
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Transcriptome profiles of rice roots under simulated microgravity conditions and following gravistimulation - Frontiers
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Polar recruitment of RLD by LAZY1-like protein during gravity signaling in root branch angle control - Nature
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A root system architecture regulator modulates OsPIN2 polar localization in rice - Nature
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The developmental and environmental regulation of gravitropic setpoint angle in Arabidopsis and bean - Nature
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AtLAZY1 is a signaling component required for gravitropism of the Arabidopsis thaliana inflorescence - Wiley Online Library
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Behold the germination of three pea seeds and observe how root growth is determined by gravity - Encyclopedia Britannica
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Opposing influences of TAC1 and LAZY1 on Lateral Shoot Orientation in Arabidopsis - Nature
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Intracellular trafficking and proteolysis of the Arabidopsis auxin-efflux facilitator PIN2 are involved in root gravitropism - Nature
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How plants evolved to follow gravity - ZME Science
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When plant roots learned to follow gravity - Tech Explorist
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Plant roots began following gravity 350 million years ago - upi.com
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Developmental Roles of AUX1/LAX Auxin Influx Carriers in Plants - Frontiers
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To grow their roots, plants feel gravity - Tech Explorist
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Abscisic acid induced a negative geotropic response in dark-incubated Chlamydomonas reinhardtii - Nature
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Gravitropic Gene Expression Divergence Associated With Adaptation to Contrasting Environments in an Australian Wildflower - Wiley Online Library
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How plant roots know to follow gravity - Earth.com
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High-gradient magnetic fields and starch metabolism: results from a space experiment - Nature
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New Study Reveals How Plant Roots Detect Gravity and Bend Downward - Bioengineer.org
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Gravitropisms and reaction woods of forest trees – evolution, functions and mechanisms - Wiley & Sons
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The Arabidopsis R-SNARE VAMP714 is essential for polarisation of PIN proteins and auxin responses - Wiley & Sons
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Root Tropisms: Investigations on Earth and in Space to Unravel Plant Growth Direction - Frontiers
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N‐glycan containing a core α1,3‐fucose residue is required for basipetal auxin transport and gravitropic response in rice (Oryza sativa) - Wiley & Sons
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Mineral acquisition from a different angle – how the root angle in cereals determines nutrient uptake - Wiley & Sons
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A mechano-sensing mechanism for waving in plant roots - Nature
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Circumnutation on the water surface: female flowers of Vallisneria - Nature
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An improved agar-plate method for studying root growth and response of Arabidopsis thaliana - Nature
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Examine the role of sunlight and gravity in phototropic and geotropic plant growth - Encyclopedia Britannica
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