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Title: Mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana with altered shoot gravitropism

Conference · · Plant Physiol., Suppl.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6027126

A procedure has been developed and used to screen 40,000 m-2 seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana for strains with altered shoot gravitropism. Several strains have been identified for which shoot gravitropism is considerably more random than that of their wild-type parent (based on frequency distribution histograms of the gravitropic response to a 1 g stimulus). One such strain exhibits normal hypocotyl phototropism and normal root gravitropism. Thus, the gravitropism pathway in the shoot contains at least one mutable element which is not required for root gravitropism.

Research Organization:
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76ER01338
OSTI ID:
6027126
Report Number(s):
CONF-8707108-
Journal Information:
Plant Physiol., Suppl.; (United States), Vol. 83:4; Conference: Annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, St. Louis, MO, USA, 19 Jul 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English