Mechanism and function of root circumnutation

[Don]

Otherwise known as Dancing Roots.



These folks germinated some seeds in a gel medium then recorded the root growth on a 15 minute time lapse. The one on the right is a mutant that doesn't do the dance.

See: https://phys.org/news/2021-02-time-laps ... roots.html

I'm doubtful that rose roots do the same thing because I don't usually see a corkscrew pattern during embryo culture but I never really watched for it.

[roseseek]

How neat! Thanks for posting it. Don.