Plant Physiology - Musienko M.M. 2001

Plant Movements
Review Questions and Tasks

1. Explain the relationship between irritability and plant reactions to external chemical or physical stimuli. 2. What is The Physiological Role of plant movements?

3. What are the main tenets of the Hormonal theory of Tropisms?

4. What are nastic plant movements?

5. What are the probable mechanisms of nasties?

6. Characterize Endogenous Plant Movements.

7. What are the features of free locomotion in PLANTS AND THEIR mechanisms?

8. What are Taxes?

9. Give Examples of Intracellular Movements and explain their mechanisms.



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