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Review: Wind impacts on plant growth, mechanics and damage

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Acclimation of mechanical and hydraulic functions in trees: impact of the thigmomorphogenetic process

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Mechanosensitive control of plant growth: bearing the load, sensing, transducing, and responding

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More hurricanes to hit western Europe due to global warming

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Mechanical properties and failure mechanism of wood cell wall layers

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Strain Mechanosensing Quantitatively Controls Diameter Growth and PtaZFP2 Gene Expression in Poplar

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