Life Movements in Plants (Volume II)

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Author

Bose, Jagadis Chandra, 1858-1937

Title

Life Movements in Plants, Volume II

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English

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QK: Science: Botany

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Growth (Plants)

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40050

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40050

Release Date

June 20, 2012

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TRANSACTIONS OF THE BOSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CALCUTTA, VOL. II, 1919 — LIFE MOVEMENTS IN PLANTS — SIR JAGADIS CHUNDER BOSE, Kt., M.A., D.Sc., C.S.I., C.I.E., — WITH 128 ILLUSTRATIONS — WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. — PREFACE TO VOLUME II. — CONTENTS. — ILLUSTRATIONS. — PART III.
2. 2.TROPISM IN PLANTS.
3. 3.XXII.—THE BALANCED CRESCOGRAPH — By Sir J. C. Bose. — PRINCIPLE OF THE METHOD OF BALANCE. — COMPENSATING MOVEMENT. — GROWTH-SCALE. — SENSITIVENESS OF THE CRESCOGRAPHIC BALANCE. — EFFECT OF ANÆSTHETICS. — SUMMARY.
4. 4.XXIII.—ON TROPIC MOVEMENTS — By Sir J. C. Bose.
5. 5.XXIV.—TROPIC CURVATURE WITH LONGITUDINAL TRANSMISSION OF EFFECT OF STIMULUS — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Guruprasanna Das . — SUMMARY.
6. 6.XXV.—TROPIC CURVATURE WITH TRANSVERSE TRANSMISSION OF EFFECT OF STIMULUS — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Guruprasanna Das . — TURGOR-VARIATION UNDER TRANSVERSE TRANSMISSION OF STIMULUS-EFFECT. — DIRECT UNILATERAL STIMULATION. — INDIRECT UNILATERAL STIMULATION. — LAWS OF TROPIC CURVATURE. — SUMMARY.
7. 7.XXVI.—MECHANOTROPISM: TWINING OF TENDRILS — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Guruprasanna Das . — GENERAL EFFECTS OF INDIRECT AND DIRECT ELECTRIC STIMULATION ON THE GROWTH OF TENDRIL. — EFFECTS OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT MECHANICAL STIMULUS. — INHIBITORY ACTION OF STIMULUS. — RESPONSE OF LESS EXCITABLE SIDE OF THE TENDRIL. — NEGATIVE CURVATURE OF THE TENDRIL. — SUMMARY.
8. 8.XXVII.—ON GALVANOTROPISM — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Guruprasanna Das . — POLAR EFFECT OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT ON GROWTH. — SUMMARY.
9. 9.XXVIII.—ON THERMONASTIC PHENOMENA — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Surendra Chandra Das . — EFFECT OF RISE OF TEMPERATURE. — DIFFERENT THERMONASTIC ORGANS. — TWO TYPES OF RESPONSE. — POSITIVE THERMONASTIC RESPONSE. — NEGATIVE THERMONASTIC RESPONSE. — SUMMARY.
10. 10.XXIX.—ON PHOTOTROPISM — By Sir J. C. Bose. — COMPLEXITY OF PROBLEM OF PHOTOTROPIC REACTION. — ACTION OF LIGHT. — POSITIVE PHOTOTROPIC CURVATURE. — POSITIVE PHOTOTROPIC CURVATURE OF GROWING ORGANS. — PHENOMENON OF RECOVERY. — IMMEDIATE AND AFTER-EFFECT OF LIGHT ON GROWTH. — LATENT PERIOD OF PHOTOTROPIC REACTION. — GROWTH-VARIATION BY FLASH OF LIGHT FROM A SINGLE SPARK. — MAXIMUM POSITIVE CURVATURE UNDER CONTINUED ACTION OF LIGHT. — SUMMARY.
11. 11.XXX.—DIA-PHOTOTROPISM AND NEGATIVE PHOTOTROPISM — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Guruprasanna Das. — UNEQUAL EXCITABILITY OF UPPER AND LOWER HALVES OF PULVINUS TO PHOTIC STIMULATION. — TRANSFORMATION OF POSITIVE TO NEGATIVE PHOTOTROPIC CURVATURE. — SUPPOSED PHOTOTROPIC INEFFECTIVENESS OF SUNLIGHT. — NEGATIVE PHOTOTROPISM. — NEGATIVE PHOTOTROPISM OF ROOTS. — SUMMARY.
12. 12.XXXI.—THE RELATION BETWEEN THE QUANTITY OF LIGHT AND THE INDUCED PHOTOTROPIC CURVATURE — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Surendra Chandra Das , M.A. — EFFECT OF INCREASING INTENSITY OF LIGHT ON TROPIC CURVATURE. — THE EFFECT OF INCREASING ANGLE. — EFFECT OF DURATION OF EXPOSURE. — SUMMARY.
13. 13.XXXII.—THE PHOTOTROPIC CURVE AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS — By Sir J. C. Bose . — GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. — THE CHARACTERISTIC CURVE. — CHARACTERISTICS OF SIMPLE PHOTOTROPIC CURVE. — EFFECT OF SUB-MINIMAL STIMULUS. — THE COMPLETE PHOTOTROPIC CURVE. — WEBER'S LAW. — SUMMARY.
14. 14.XXXIII.—THE TRANSMITTED EFFECT OF PHOTIC STIMULATION — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Jyotiprakash Sircar , M.B. — EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS. — EFFECT OF LIGHT AT THE TIP OF THE ORGAN. — RESPONSE TO UNILATERAL STIMULUS IN THE GROWING REGION. — EFFECT OF SIMULTANEOUS STIMULATION OF THE TIP AND THE HYPOCOTYL. — ALGEBRAICAL SUMMATION OF THE EFFECTS OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT STIMULATIONS. — SUMMARY.
15. 15.XXXIV.—ON PHOTONASTIC CURVATURES — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Guruprasanna Das . — PHOTOTROPIC RESPONSE OF ANISOTROPIC ORGANS. — PARA-HELIOTROPISM. — POSITIVE PARA-HELIOTROPISM. — NEGATIVE PARA-HELIOTROPISM. — SUMMARY.
16. 16.XXXV.—EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON PHOTOTROPIC CURVATURE — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Guruprasanna Das. — SEASONAL CHANGE OF PHOTOTROPIC ACTION. — EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON EXCITABILITY. — EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON CONDUCTION. — PHOTOTROPIC RESPONSE OF TENDRILS. — SEASONAL VARIATION OF PHOTOTROPIC CURVATURE. — ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS OF LIGHT AND OF RISE OF TEMPERATURE. — SUMMARY.
17. 17.XXXVI.—ON PHOTOTROPIC TORSION — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Surendra Chandra Das. — EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS. — ACTION OF STIMULUS OF LIGHT. — DIRECTIVE ACTION OF STIMULUS. — EFFECT OF DIFFERENT MODES OF LATERAL STIMULATION. — EFFECT OF DIFFERENTIAL EXCITABILITY ON THE DIRECTION OF TORSION. — LAWS OF TORSIONAL RESPONSE. — COMPLEX TORSION UNDER LIGHT. — ADVANTAGES OF THE METHOD OF TORSIONAL RESPONSE. — THE TORSIONAL BALANCE. — DETERMINATION OF THE DIRECTION OF STIMULUS. — SUMMARY.
18. 18.XXXVII.—RADIO-THERMOTROPISM — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Guruprasanna Das. — POSITIVE RADIO-THERMOTROPISM. — DIA-RADIO-THERMOTROPISM. — SUMMARY.
19. 19.XXXVIII.—RESPONSE OF PLANTS TO WIRELESS STIMULATION — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Guruprasanna Das. — THE WIRELESS SYSTEM. — MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF Mimosa . — THE ELECTRIC RESPONSE. — EFFECT OF WIRELESS STIMULATION ON GROWTH. — SUMMARY.
20. 20.XXXIX.—GEOTROPISM — By Sir J. C. Bose. — THE GEOTROPIC RECORDER. — DETERMINATION OF THE CHARACTER OF GEOTROPIC REACTION. — THEORY OF STATOLITHS. — DETERMINATION OF THE LATENT PERIOD. — THE COMPLETE GEOTROPIC CURVE. — DETERMINATION OF EFFECTIVE DIRECTION OF STIMULUS. — EFFECT OF ALGEBRAICAL SUMMATION. — ANALOGY BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF STIMULUS OF LIGHT AND OF GRAVITY. — RELATION BETWEEN THE DIRECTIVE ANGLE AND GEOTROPIC REACTION. — DIFFERENTIAL GEOTROPIC EXCITABILITY. — SUMMARY.
21. 21.XL.—GEO-ELECTRIC RESPONSE OF SHOOT — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Satyendra Chandra Guha , M.Sc. — ELECTRIC RESPONSE TO STIMULUS. — EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR OBTAINING GEO-ELECTRIC RESPONSE. — GEO-ELECTRIC RESPONSE OF THE UPPER AND LOWER SIDES OF THE ORGAN. — METHOD OF AXIAL ROTATION. — CHARACTERISTICS OF GEO-ELECTRIC RESPONSE. — PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF GEO-ELECTRIC RESPONSE. — EFFECT OF DIFFERENTIAL EXCITABILITY OF THE ORGAN. — RELATION BETWEEN ANGLE OF INCLINATION AND GEOTROPIC EFFECT. — METHOD OF VERTICAL ROTATION. — ELECTRIC RESPONSE THROUGH AN ENTIRE CYCLE. — RELATION BETWEEN ANGLE OF VERTICAL ROTATION AND INTENSITY OF GEOTROPIC REACTION. — SUMMARY.
22. 22.XLI.—THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL RESPONSE OF ROOT TO VARIOUS STIMULI — By Sir J. C. Bose. — MECHANICAL RESPONSE TO DIRECT STIMULUS. — ELECTRICAL RESPONSE TO DIRECT STIMULATION. — MECHANICAL RESPONSE TO INDIRECT STIMULUS. — ELECTRICAL RESPONSE TO INDIRECT STIMULATION. — SUMMARY.
23. 23.XLII.—GEO-ELECTRIC RESPONSE OF ROOT — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Satyendra Chandra Guha . — GEO-ELECTRIC RESPONSE OF THE ROOT-TIP. — ELECTRIC RESPONSE IN THE GROWING REGION. — ADDITIVE ACTION-CURRENT AT THE TIP AND THE GROWING REGION. — GEO-PERCEPTION AT THE ROOT TIP. — SUMMARY.
24. 24.XLIII.—LOCALISATION OF GEO-PERCEPTIVE LAYER BY MEANS OF THE ELECTRIC PROBE — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Satyendra Chandra Guha . — METHOD OF EXPLORATION BY THE ELECTRIC PROBE. — THE ELECTRIC PROBE. — ELECTRIC EXPLORATION FOR GEO-PERCEPTIVE LAYER BY MEANS OF THE PROBE. — MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE MAXIMALLY EXCITED LAYER. — INFLUENCE OF SEASON ON GEO-ELECTRIC RESPONSE. — TEST OF INSENSITIVE SPECIMENS. — REACTION AT LOWER SIDE OF THE ORGAN. — ELECTRIC EXPLORATION OF THE LOWER SIDE OF THE ORGAN. — METHOD OF TRANSVERSE PERFORATION. — SUMMARY.
25. 25.XLIV.—ON GEOTROPIC TORSION — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Guruprasanna Das. — BALANCE OF GEOTROPIC BY PHOTOTROPIC ACTION. — SUMMARY.
26. 26.XLV.—ON THERMO-GEOTROPISM — By Sir J. C. Bose. — TROPIC EQUILIBRIUM UNDER VARYING INTENSITIES OF STIMULUS. — EFFECT OF VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE ON GEOTROPIC TORSION. — VARIATION OF APO-GEOTROPIC CURVATURE UNDER THERMAL CHANGE. — EFFECT OF VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE ON DIA-GEOTROPIC EQUILIBRIUM. — SUMMARY. — PART IV.
27. 27.NIGHT AND DAY MOVEMENTS IN PLANTS.
28. 28.XLVI.—DIURNAL MOVEMENTS IN PLANTS — By Sir J. C. Bose. — COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM. — DISCRIMINATING TESTS FOR CLASSIFICATION. — SUMMARY.
29. 29.XLVII.—DIURNAL MOVEMENT DUE TO ALTERNATION OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Lalit Mohan Mukherji , B.Sc. ( Nawroji Scholar ). — EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS. — DIURNAL MOVEMENT OF THE LEAFLET OF Cassia alata . — DIURNAL MOVEMENT OF THE TERMINAL LEAFLET OF Desmodium gyrans . — MIDDAY SLEEP. — SUMMARY.
30. 30.XLVIII.—DIURNAL MOVEMENT DUE TO VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE AFFECTING GROWTH — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Lalit Mohan Mukerjee . — TROPIC AND NASTIC MOVEMENTS. — DIURNAL MOVEMENTS OF Nymphæa . — SUMMARY.
31. 31.XLIX.—DAILY MOVEMENT IN PLANTS DUE TO THERMO-GEOTROPISM — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Lalit Mohan Mukherji . — DIURNAL MOVEMENT OF PALM TREES. — DIURNAL MOVEMENT OF PROCUMBENT STEMS AND OF LEAVES. — CONTINUOUS DIURNAL RECORD FOR SUCCESSIVE THERMAL NOONS. — MODIFICATION OF THE DIURNAL CURVE. — REVERSAL OF NORMAL RHYTHM. — EFFECT OF CONSTANT TEMPERATURE. — DIURNAL MOVEMENT IN INVERTED POSITION. — SUMMARY.
32. 32.L.—THE AFTER-EFFECT OF LIGHT — By Sir J. C. Bose , Assisted by Surendra Chandra Das . — ELECTRIC AFTER-EFFECT. — TROPIC RESPONSE UNDER LIGHT AND ITS AFTER-EFFECT. — SUMMARY.
33. 33.LI.—THE DIURNAL MOVEMENT OF THE LEAF OF MIMOSA — By Sir J. C. Bose . — DIURNAL VARIATION OF GEOTROPIC TORSION. — THE PHOTOMETRIC RECORDER. — THE EFFECT OF DIRECT LIGHT. — THE EVENING SPASMODIC FALL OF THE LEAF. — DIURNAL CURVE OF THE PETIOLE OF Cassia alata . — RESPONSE OF Mimosa TO DARKNESS AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DAY. — SUMMARY.

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