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Geotropism of lower plants

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Geotropic responses of lower plants are occasionally mentioned in the classical text books of Vines (1886), Sachs (1887), Pfeffer (1903), and Jost (1907) and more recently have been briefly considered by Rawitscher (1937), Stiles (1950) and Bünntng (1953).

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Banbury, G.H. (1962). Geotropism of lower plants. In: Aletsee, L., et al. Physiology of Movements / Physiologie der Bewegungen. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology / Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie, vol 17/2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-94852-7_8

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