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IT is pleasing to see a renewal of interest in plant responses to specific rotations. Unfortunately Dr. Palmer's experiments with Avena are not strictly comparable with mine of 1960 in at least two features, that of the variety of oat used and in his choice of a 3-day period. I understand that the variety ‘Milford’ is now unobtainable, but I would mention that with it I was able to experiment with rotating seedlings in a null (magnetic) field, with negative response, that is, the direction of rotation did not affect the growth of shoots; a similar result was obtained with strong magnetic fields.
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JONES, R. Re-examination of the Effect of Daily Rotation in the Horizontal Plane on Growth of Cyclamen Plants and Etiolated Avena Seedlings. Nature 209, 632 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209632a0
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