Download or read book Plant Tropisms written by J.W. Hart and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1990-01-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the means, processes and mechanisms by which plants change the orientation and juxtapositions of various organs in order to optimize their harvest of energy, and examines the major stumuli which provokes such responses. These interactions are re-described for higher plants through to ferns, fungi and algae, and the text constantly emphasizes the functional significance of particular growth movements to plants in their natural surroundings.