Sammanfattning

To survive, plants constantly adapt their body shape to their environment. This often involves remarkably rapid bending of their organs such as stems, leaves and roots. Since plant cells are enclosed by stiff cell walls, they use various strategies for bending their organs, which differ from bending mechanisms of soft animal tissues and involve larger physical forces. Here we attempt to summarize and link different viewpoints on bending mechanisms: genes and signalling, mathematical modelling and biomechanics. We argue that quantifying cell growth and physical forces could open a new level in our understanding of bending and resolve some of its paradoxes.

Publicerad i

Nature Plants
2023, Volym: 9, nummer: 1, sidor: 13-21
Utgivare: NATURE PORTFOLIO

SLU författare

• Ma, Yuan

  • Institutionen för skoglig genetik och växtfysiologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Bhalerao, Rishikesh P.

  • Institutionen för skoglig genetik och växtfysiologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Botanik


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01310-y

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/120829