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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Tropisms are among the most important growth responses for plant adaptation
    to the surrounding environment. One of the most common tropisms is root gravitropism.
    Root gravitropism enables the plant to anchor securely to the soil enabling the
    absorption of water and nutrients. Most of the knowledge related to the plant
    gravitropism has been acquired from the flowering plants, due to limited research
    in non-seed plants. Limited research on non-seed plants is due in large part to
    the lack of standard research methods. Here, we describe the experimental methods
    to evaluate gravitropism in representative non-seed plant species, including the
    non-vascular plant moss Physcomitrium patens, the early diverging extant vascular
    plant lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii and fern Ceratopteris richardii. In
    addition, we introduce the methods used for statistical analysis of the root gravitropism
    in non-seed plant species.
acknowledgement: The Ceratopteris richardii spores were obtained from the lab of Jo
  Ann Banks at Purdue University. This work was supported by funding from the European
  Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (ERC grant agreement number
  742985), Austrian Science Fund (FWF, grant number I 3630-B25), IST Fellow program
  and DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
alternative_title:
- Methods in Molecular Biology
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Yuzhou
  full_name: Zhang, Yuzhou
  id: 3B6137F2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Zhang
  orcid: 0000-0003-2627-6956
- first_name: Lanxin
  full_name: Li, Lanxin
  id: 367EF8FA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Li
  orcid: 0000-0002-5607-272X
- first_name: Jiří
  full_name: Friml, Jiří
  id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Friml
  orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596
citation:
  ama: 'Zhang Y, Li L, Friml J. Evaluation of gravitropism in non-seed plants. In:
    Blancaflor EB, ed. <i>Plant Gravitropism</i>. Vol 2368. MIMB. Springer Nature;
    2021:43-51. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_2">10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_2</a>'
  apa: Zhang, Y., Li, L., &#38; Friml, J. (2021). Evaluation of gravitropism in non-seed
    plants. In E. B. Blancaflor (Ed.), <i>Plant Gravitropism</i> (Vol. 2368, pp. 43–51).
    Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_2">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_2</a>
  chicago: Zhang, Yuzhou, Lanxin Li, and Jiří Friml. “Evaluation of Gravitropism in
    Non-Seed Plants.” In <i>Plant Gravitropism</i>, edited by Elison B Blancaflor,
    2368:43–51. MIMB. Springer Nature, 2021. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_2">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_2</a>.
  ieee: Y. Zhang, L. Li, and J. Friml, “Evaluation of gravitropism in non-seed plants,”
    in <i>Plant Gravitropism</i>, vol. 2368, E. B. Blancaflor, Ed. Springer Nature,
    2021, pp. 43–51.
  ista: 'Zhang Y, Li L, Friml J. 2021.Evaluation of gravitropism in non-seed plants.
    In: Plant Gravitropism. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 2368, 43–51.'
  mla: Zhang, Yuzhou, et al. “Evaluation of Gravitropism in Non-Seed Plants.” <i>Plant
    Gravitropism</i>, edited by Elison B Blancaflor, vol. 2368, Springer Nature, 2021,
    pp. 43–51, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_2">10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_2</a>.
  short: Y. Zhang, L. Li, J. Friml, in:, E.B. Blancaflor (Ed.), Plant Gravitropism,
    Springer Nature, 2021, pp. 43–51.
date_created: 2021-11-11T09:26:10Z
date_published: 2021-10-14T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-08-26T09:13:00Z
day: '14'
department:
- _id: JiFr
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_2
ec_funded: 1
editor:
- first_name: Elison B
  full_name: Blancaflor, Elison B
  last_name: Blancaflor
external_id:
  pmid:
  - '34647246'
intvolume: '      2368'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '10'
oa_version: None
page: 43-51
pmid: 1
project:
- _id: 261099A6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: H2020
  grant_number: '742985'
  name: Tracing Evolution of Auxin Transport and Polarity in Plants
- _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '291734'
  name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme
- _id: 26538374-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: I03630
  name: Molecular mechanisms of endocytic cargo recognition in plants
publication: Plant Gravitropism
publication_identifier:
  eisbn:
  - 978-1-0716-1677-2
  isbn:
  - 978-1-0716-1676-5
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Nature
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
series_title: MIMB
status: public
title: Evaluation of gravitropism in non-seed plants
type: book_chapter
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 2368
year: '2021'
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