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The Y-maze designed for studying plant rooting behavior, initially developed with Pisum sativum as the model organism, serves as a versatile tool for investigating how roots perceive and respond to water and various stimuli. Crafted from durable PVC plastic, this apparatus allows for soil filling and includes two snugly fitting small black plastic pots along with two transparent rectangular plastic trays positioned at each lower end.
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Features |
Height: 13cm |
Width: 13cm |
Two Black End Pots: diameter 5.5cm; depth 4.7cm. |
Two transparent rectangular plastic trays 9.0 cm × 7.0 cm × 4.0 cm |
The Plant Y-Maze serves as a tool for studying foraging behaviors in plants, akin to the Y-Maze commonly used in animal research for spatial learning and memory tasks. Designed to exploit plants’ phototropic and hydrotropic tendencies, this maze allows researchers to observe learned behaviors in response to these stimuli.
This apparatus can be configured as an upright ‘Y’ to assess phototropic responses or inverted to study hydrotropic responses during foraging behaviors. Beyond light and water, the Y-Maze enables investigation into how environmental factors like temperature, wind, and sound influence plant behaviors.
Constructed from a ‘Y’ shaped pipe, the Plant Y-Maze facilitates observation of both root and shoot growth under varying conditions and stimuli. It includes opaque plastic pots and clear trays for experimentation. Other notable apparatuses in plant research include the Mimosa Habituation and Plant Communication Apparatus.
The germination and growing conditions of the seeds used in the experiment should be consistent in order to achieve accurate results. Seeds that have not germinated should be discarded and not used in the experiments. The germination and growing conditions will vary depending on the type of plant and the experimental requirements.
Prior to use, the Y-Maze apparatus must be cleaned to limit the influence of any residual stimuli on the behaviors of the plants.
The Plant Y-Maze is employed primarily for studying plant foraging behaviors, focusing on observing how roots or shoots grow and their direction in response to various treatments and stimuli. To analyze these behaviors, plants are removed from the apparatus, and their roots are washed to visually assess their responses.
Gagliano, M., Grimonprez, M., Depczynski, M., & Renton, M. (2017). Tuned in: plant roots use sound to locate water. Oecologia. 184(1):151-160. doi: 10.1007/s00442-017-3862-z.
Gagliano, M., Vyazovskiy, V. V., Borbély, A. A., Grimonprez, M., & Depczynski, M. (2016). Learning by Association in Plants. Sci Rep. 6:38427. doi: 10.1038/srep38427.
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