PLANTS - Scientists join forces to bring plant movement to light

Elementary school students often learn that plants grow toward the light. This seems straightforward, but in reality, the genes and pathways that allow plants to grow and move in response to their environment are not fully understood. Leading plant scientists explore one of the most fundamental processes in plant biology-plant movement in response to light, water, and gravity-in a January Special Issue of the American Journal of Botany.

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