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Statocyte

Gravity-sensing cells in higher plants

Statocytes are gravity-sensing (gravitropic) cells in higher plants. They contain amyloplasts-statoliths – starch-filled amyloplastic organelles – which

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Topics referred to by the same term

certain invertebrates to sense gravity and balance A structure in the statocyte, cells which allow plants to sense gravity Otolith: a structure in the

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Amyloplast

Type of plastid, double-enveloped organelles in plant cells

are able to settle to the bottom of the gravity-sensing cell, called a statocyte. This settling is a vital mechanism in plant's perception of gravity,

Amyloplast

Glossary of botanical terms

Apical meristem in root tip: 1: Meristem 2: Columella showing statocytes with statoliths 3: Lateral part of the tip 4: Dead cells 5: Elongation zone

Glossary of botanical terms

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Root cap

Tissue at the tip of a plant root

that guide the root's overall direction of growth. Root caps contain statocytes (gravity-sensing cells) whose dense statoliths settle in response to gravity;

Root cap

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Statocyst

Balancing organ in certain aquatic invertebrate animals

in loxodid ciliates Otolith, an equivalent structure in vertebrates. Statocyte, a similar structure in plants Sensory organs of gastropods Morton, B

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Aquatic plant

Plant that has adapted to living in an aquatic environment

surroundings as well as develop cells with new sensory functions, such as statocytes.[citation needed] Submerged aquatic plants have more restricted access

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Gravitational biology

Effect of gravity on living organisms

soil. This directional growth is due to the statoliths in the plant's statocytes settling in response to gravity. Root growth is regulated by plant hormones

Gravitational biology

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Gravitropism

Plant growth in reaction to gravity and bending of leaves and roots

and store starch and which collect in specialized cells called statocytes. Statocytes are located in the starch parenchyma cells near vascular tissues

Gravitropism

Plant perception (physiology)

Plants interaction to environment

Plant intelligence Plant tolerance to herbivory Rapid plant movement Statocyte Stoma Systemic acquired resistance Taxis Thermotropism Tropism Lamers

Plant perception (physiology)

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Shoot (botany)

Young stem or branch

upward regardless of the plant’s orientation. Specialized cells called statocytes detect the direction of gravity. Auxin redistribution triggers greater

Shoot (botany)

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Prolonged sine

small heavy particles that after turning put pressure on the side cell (statocyte) wall, irritating some systems and activating the bending process. The

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Theodora Lisle Prankerd

British botanist

Manchester Meeting, 1915, p. 722, Publ. London, 1916 Prankerd, T. L. (1920), Statocytes of the Wheat Haulm. Botanical Gazette 70(2): 148-152 view on JSTOR Prankerd

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