వేసవికి ప్రతిస్పందన,

Noun:

థాటర్జ్ జి,

thermotropism's Usage Examples:

Research on Rhododendron leaf thermotropism suggests that the curling response might help prevent damage to cell membranes caused by rapid thawing after a freeze.

on the occurrence of starch in bryophytes; Runar Collander (1919) on thermotropism in plants; Harry Warén (later Waris) (1920) on pure cultures of lichen.

It is a form of nastic movement, not to be confused with thermotropism, which is a directional response in plants to temperature.

The precise physiological mechanism enabling plant thermotropism is not yet understood.

Mimosa pudica also show thermotropism by the collapsing of leaf petioles leading to the folding of leaflets, when temperature drops.

The term thermotropism was originated by French botanist Philippe Van Tieghem in his 1884 textbook Traité de botanique.