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Modeling the Kinetics of Root Gravireaction

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The known “sun-flower equation” (SFE), which was originally proposed to model root circumnutating, was used to describe the simplest tip root graviresponse. Two forms of the SFE (integro-differential and differential-delayed) were solved, analyzed and compared with each other. The numerical solutions of these equations were found to be matching with arbitrary accuracy. The analysis of the solutions focused on time-lag effects on the kinetics of tip root bending. The results of the modeling are in good correlation with an experiment at the initial stages of root tips graviresponse. Further development of the model calls for its systematic comparison with some specially designed experiments, which would include measuring the kinetics of root tip bending before gravistimulation over the period of time longer than the time lag.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, prospekt Nauki 46, Kiev-28, 03028, Ukraine

    Alexander V. Kondrachuk & Vyacheslav N. Starkov

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Kondrachuk, A.V., Starkov, V.N. Modeling the Kinetics of Root Gravireaction. Microgravity Sci. Technol. 23, 221–225 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-010-9207-8

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