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SUBMITTER: Masi E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4295110 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Masi Elisa E Ciszak Marzena M Comparini Diego D Monetti Emanuela E Pandolfi Camilla C Azzarello Elisa E Mugnai Sergio S Baluška Frantisek F Mancuso Stefano S
Scientific reports 20150115
Investigations carried out on maize roots under microgravity and hypergravity revealed that gravity conditions have strong effects on the network of plant electrical activity. Both the duration of action potentials (APs) and their propagation velocities were significantly affected by gravity. Similarly to what was reported for animals, increased gravity forces speed-up APs and enhance synchronized electrical events also in plants. The root apex transition zone emerges as the most active, as well ...[more]