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PLANTS under various fixed conditions of light, temperature, and humidity have been turned continuously about a vertical axis at the rate of one revolution a day. The results suggest that the plants used are sensitive to the direction of rotation; a rotation which is clockwise when viewed from above inhibits growth, anti-clockwise direction stimulates growth. As the finding may be useful background to a study of the twining of plants, the initial results are being reported.
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JONES, R. Response of Growing Plants to a Uniform Daily Rotation. Nature 185, 775 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185775a0
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