Slow, fast and furious: understanding the physics of plant movements

Computational models of plant development and form

(2012) Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ion Channels in Plants

(2012) Rainer Hedrich   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Cellular Force Microscopy for in Vivo Measurements of Plant Tissue Mechanics

(2012) A.-L. Routier-Kierzkowska et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

MscS-Like10 is a stretch-activated ion channel from Arabidopsis thaliana with a preference for anions

(2012) G. Maksaev et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How the Cucumber Tendril Coils and Overwinds

(2012) S. J. Gerbode et al.   SCIENCE

The Fern Sporangium: A Unique Catapult

(2012) X. Noblin et al.   SCIENCE

Cell wall mechanics and growth control in plants: the role of pectins revisited

(2012) Alexis Peaucelle et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The mechanism for explosive seed dispersal in Cardamine hirsuta (Brassicaceae)

(2011) Kevin C. Vaughn et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

“Vegetable Dynamicks”: The Role of Water in Plant Movements

(2011) Jacques Dumais et al.   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

The Role of Mechanical Forces in Plant Morphogenesis

(2011) Vincent Mirabet et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

The biomechanics of fast prey capture in aquatic bladderworts

(2011) A. K. Singh et al.   Biology Letters

Biomechanics of rapid movements in plants: poroelastic measurements at the cell scale

(2011) M. Colombani et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Pectin-Induced Changes in Cell Wall Mechanics Underlie Organ Initiation in Arabidopsis

(2011) Alexis Peaucelle et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The mechanics of explosive dispersal and self-burial in the seeds of the filaree, Erodium cicutarium (Geraniaceae)

(2011) D. Evangelista et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Different mechanics of snap-trapping in the two closely related carnivorous plantsDionaea muscipulaandAldrovanda vesiculosa

(2011) Simon Poppinga et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

In vivo analysis of local wall stiffness at the shoot apical meristem in Arabidopsis using atomic force microscopy

(2011) Pascale Milani et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Spontaneous Firings of Carnivorous Aquatic Utricularia Traps: Temporal Patterns and Mechanical Oscillations

(2011) Olivier Vincent et al.   PLoS One

A special pair of phytohormones controls excitability, slow closure, and external stomach formation in the Venus flytrap

(2011) M. Escalante-Perez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ultra-fast underwater suction traps

(2011) O. Vincent et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Generating Helices in Nature

(2011) Y. Forterre et al.   SCIENCE

Geometry and Mechanics in the Opening of Chiral Seed Pods

(2011) S. Armon et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanosensitive Channels: What Can They Do and How Do They Do It?

(2011) Elizabeth S. Haswell et al.   STRUCTURE

Generation of Diverse Biological Forms through Combinatorial Interactions between Tissue Polarity and Growth

(2011) Richard Kennaway et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Monitoring the regulation of gene expression in a growing organ using a fluid mechanics formalism

(2010) Rémy Merret et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Mechanics without Muscle: Biomechanical Inspiration from the Plant World

(2010) P. T. Martone et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

A fibre-reinforced fluid model of anisotropic plant cell growth

(2010) R. J. DYSON et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Plant Cell Growth in Tissue

(2010) J. K. E. Ortega   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Foldable structures and the natural design of pollen grains

(2010) Eleni Katifori et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An introduction to the mechanics of morphogenesis for plant biologists

(2010) Arezki Boudaoud   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Back to the future: evolution of computational models in plant morphogenesis

(2009) Verônica A Grieneisen et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Spore movement driven by the spore wall in an eusporangiate fern

(2009) Peter H. Hovenkamp et al.   GRANA

The mechanics of explosive seed dispersal in orange jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

(2009) Marika Hayashi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The power and control of gravitropic movements in plants: a biomechanical and systems biology view

(2009) Bruno Moulia et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Gel Dynamics

(2009) Masao Doi   JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Hygromorphs: from pine cones to biomimetic bilayers

(2009) E. Reyssat et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

The mechanics behind plant development

(2009) Olivier Hamant et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Actuation systems in plants as prototypes for bioinspired devices

(2009) I. Burgert et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Modeling the Hydraulics of Root Growth in Three Dimensions with Phloem Water Sources

(2009) B. S. Wiegers et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Plant Aquaporins: Membrane Channels with Multiple Integrated Functions

(2008) Christophe Maurel et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Two MscS Homologs Provide Mechanosensitive Channel Activities in the Arabidopsis Root

(2008) Elizabeth S. Haswell et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The transpiration of water at negative pressures in a synthetic tree

(2008) Tobias D. Wheeler et al.   NATURE

Inhibition of the Dionaea muscipula Ellis trap closure by ion and water channels blockers and uncouplers

(2008) Alexander G. Volkov et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Developmental Patterning by Mechanical Signals in Arabidopsis

(2008) O. Hamant et al.   SCIENCE

Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Nanocomposites Inspired by the Sea Cucumber Dermis

(2008) J. R. Capadona et al.   SCIENCE