Leaf movements and their relationship with the lunisolar gravitational force
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Annals of Botany116: 149–187, 2015 Since the publication of this paper, it has become apparent that there was an error on line 6 of the Discussion (page 177), where 1 g is wrongly defined in terms of microGals. The statement: 1 g = 9·81 × 10–8 μGals should be 1 g = 9·81 × 108 μGals. The author would like to apologize for this error.
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- Authors
- Barlow, P. W.
- Corresponding author
- Barlow, Peter W.
- Venue
- Annals of Botany
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2015-10-09
- Volume
- 117
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 215-215
- ISSN
- 0305-7364 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-8290
- OpenAlex
- W4239790156
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 0.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Annals of Botany (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Light effects on plants
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Physiology › Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
- Keywords
- leaf movement, lunar gravity, solar gravity, plant gravitropism
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