Mechanical analysis of statolith action in roots and rhizoids

Details Mechanical analysis of statolith action in roots and rhizoids Mechanical analysis of statolith action in roots and rhizoids

Aug 1994

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Advances in Space Research, Volume 14, Issue 8, p. 121-124.

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Published observations on the response times following gravistimulation (horizontal positioning) of Chara rhizoids and developing roots of vascular plants with normal and ``starchless'' amyloplasts were reviewed and compared. Statolith motion was found to be consistent with gravitational sedimentation opposed by elastic deformation of an intracellular material. The time required for a statolith to sediment to equilibrium was calculated on the basis of its buoyant density and compared with observed sedimentation times. In the examples chosen, the response time following gravistimulation (from horizontal positioning to the return of downward growth) could be related to the statolith sedimentation time. Such a relationship implies that the transduction step is rapid in comparison with the perception steo following gravistimulation of rhizoids and developing roots.

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