Plant Biomechanics: An Engineering Approach to Plant Form and Function.
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Biomechanics of plant growth.
Growth of turgid cells, defined as an irreversible increase in cell volume and surface area, can be regarded as a physical process governed by the mechanical properties of the cell wall and the osmotic properties of the protoplast. Irreversible cell expansion is produced by creating a driving force for water uptake by decreasing the turgor through stress relaxation in the cell wall. This mechan...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Ecology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0022-0477
DOI: 10.2307/2261541