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Phototropism

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004917

The directional growth of organisms in response to light. In plants, aerial shoots usually grow towards light. The phototropic response is thought to be controlled by auxin, a plant growth substance

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004917
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2015; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoTropisms; Heliotropism
TranslationsSpanish: fototropismo
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004917",
  "term": "Phototropism",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The directional growth of organisms in response to light. In plants, aerial shoots usually grow towards light. The phototropic response is thought to be controlled by auxin, a plant growth substance",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "tropisms",
    "heliotropism"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2015",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "fototropismo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/phototropism/"
}

Record 4,852 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.