Call number:
9783319790992 (e-book)
Description / Table of Contents:
This book provides important insights into the operating principles of plants by highlighting the relationship between structure and function. It describes the quantitative determination of structural and mechanical parameters, such as the material properties of a tissue, in correlation with specific features, such as the ability of the tissue to conduct water or withstand bending forces, which will allow advanced analysis in plant biomechanics. This knowledge enables researchers to understand the developmental changes that occur in plant organs over their life span and under the influence of environmental factors. The authors provide an overview of the state of the art of plant structure and function and how they relate to the mechanical behavior of the organism, such as the ability of plants to grow against the gravity vector or to withstand the forces of wind. They also show the sophisticated strategies employed by plants to effect organ movement and morphogenesis in the absence of muscles or cellular migration. As such, this book not only appeals to scientists currently working in plant sciences and biophysics, but also inspires future generations to pursue their own research in this area.
Type of Medium:
12
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 441 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9783319790992
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978-3-319-79099-2
URL:
Ebook (access only within the AWI network)
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-79099-2
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Part I Organ and Tissue Mechanics
Wood Cell Wall Structure and Organisation in Relation to Mechanics / Lennart Salmén
Modelling, Evaluation and Biomechanical Consequences of Growth Stress Profiles Inside Tree Stems / Tancrède Alméras, Delphine Jullien and Joseph Gril
Bending Stress in Plant Stems: Models and Assumptions / Christopher J. Stubbs, Navajit S. Baban, Daniel J. Robertson, Loay Alzube and Douglas D. Cook
Tree Mechanics and Wind Loading / John Moore, Barry Gardiner and Damien Sellier
Part II Growth, Morphogenesis and Motion
The Mechanics of Leaf Growth on Large Scales / Eran Sharon and Michal Sahaf
Twisting Growth in Plant Roots / Hirofumi Wada and Daichi Matsumoto
Plants at Bodybuilding: Development of Plant “Muscles” / Tatyana Gorshkova, Polina Mikshina, Anna Petrova, Tatyana Chernova, Natalia Mokshina and Oleg Gorshkov
Modeling Plant Morphogenesis: An Introduction / Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska and Adam Runions
Mechanical Conflicts in Growth Heterogeneity / Nathan Hervieux and Olivier Hamant
Folding, Wrinkling, and Buckling in Plant Cell Walls / Dorota Borowska-Wykręt and Dorota Kwiatkowska
Structural Principles in the Design of Hygroscopically Moving Plant Cells / Rivka Elbaum
Using Modeling to Understand the Hygromechanical and Hysteretic Behavior of the S2 Cell Wall Layer of Wood / Dominique Derome, Karol Kulasinski, Chi Zhang, Mingyang Chen and Jan Carmeliet
Part III Molecular Underpinnings of Cell Wall Mechanics
Calcium–Pectin Chemistry and Biomechanics: Biological Background and Mathematical Modelling / Mariya Ptashnyk and Henry R. Allen
Cell Wall Expansion as Viewed by the Creep Method / Dmitry Suslov and Kris Vissenberg
Tensile Testing of Primary Plant Cells and Tissues / Amir J. Bidhendi and Anja Geitmann
Part IV Water Transport, Mechanosensing and Biomimetics
Water Motion and Sugar Translocation in Leaves / Tomas Bohr, Hanna Rademaker and Alexander Schulz
Molecular Mechanisms of Mechanosensing and Mechanotransduction / Masatsugu Toyota, Takuya Furuichi and Hidetoshi Iida
Biomechanics and Functional Morphology of Plants—Inspiration for Biomimetic Materials and Structures / Thomas Speck, Georg Bold, Tom Masselter, Simon Poppinga, Stefanie Schmier, Marc Thielen and Olga Speck
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