Statocyte

A root statocyte in a vertical position: (1) Cell Wall (2) Endoplasmic Reticulum (3)Plasmodesma (4) Nucleus (5) Mitochondrion (6) Cytoplasm (7) Statolith (8) Root (9) Root cap (10) Statocyte

Statocytes are cells thought to be involved in gravitropic perception in plants, located in the cap tissue of the roots.[1] They contain statoliths – starch-filled amyloplastic organelles – which sediment at the lowest part of the cells and initiate differential growth patterns, bending the root towards the vertical axis.[2]

References

  1. ↑ D. Volkmann & M. Tewinkel for the European Space Agency (April 1997). "Position of Statoliths in Statocytes from Cress Roots under Changing Gravity Conditions". European Space Agency. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  2. ↑ Neela Shiva Kumar, Martin Henry H. Stevens and John Z. Kiss (2008-02-01). "Plastid movement in statocytes of the arg1 (altered response to gravity) mutant". American Journal of Botany. Retrieved 2008-12-14.


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