An auxin increases the growth in length of a plant cell, thus causing the curving of a stem, or roof, in phototropism and geotropism. 植物生长素能加快植物细胞长势,因此使茎弯曲向着阳光,或使根深扎入土。
geotropism
[ noun ] an orienting response to gravity <noun.act>
Geotropism \Ge*ot"ro*pism\, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ? to turn.] (Biol.) A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ.
Note: In plants, organs which grow towards the center of the earth are said to be positively geotropic, and those growing in the opposite direction negatively geotropic. In animals, geotropism is supposed by some to have an influence either direct or indirect on the plane of division of the ovum.