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Static electric fields do not cause coleoptile movements
Author(s) -
Johnsson A.,
Eidesmo T.,
Hannevik M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1988.tb00642.x
Subject(s) - coleoptile , avena , electric field , movement (music) , contrast (vision) , physics , optics , biology , botany , acoustics , quantum mechanics
A photodiode array method has been used to record automatically minute lateral movements of Avena sativa L. (cv. Seger I) coleoptiles in a static electric field. The electric fields, 600 or 5000 V cm −1 did not cause any significant movement of the coleoptiles, in contrast to reports in the literature. Likewise, in experiments where photographic recordings were made, no significant movements were found.