Posture control in land plants: growth, position sensing, proprioception, balance, and elasticity

A method for the quantification of phototropic and gravitropic sensitivities of plants combining an original experimental device with model-assisted phenotyping: Exploratory test of the method on three hardwood tree species

(2019) Catherine Coutand et al.   PLoS One

Revealing the hierarchy of processes and time-scales that control the tropic response of shoots to gravi-stimulations

(2019) Hugo Chauvet et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Spatio-temporal integration in plant tropisms

(2019) Yasmine Meroz et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Disproval of the Starch-Amyloplast Hypothesis?

(2019) Peter Richter et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Feeling stretched or compressed? The multiple mechanosensitive responses of wood formation to bending

(2018) Jeanne Roignant et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Tree crowns grow into self-similar shapes controlled by gravity and light sensing

(2018) Laurent Duchemin et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Roles of AGCVIII Kinases in the Hypocotyl Phototropism of Arabidopsis Seedlings

(2018) Ken Haga et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Coupled ultradian growth and curvature oscillations during gravitropic movement in disturbed wheat coleoptiles

(2018) Renaud Bastien et al.   PLoS One

Gravisensors in plant cells behave like an active granular liquid

(2018) Antoine Bérut et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Quantifying the motor power of trees

(2018) Tancrède Alméras et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Dimensionless Numbers for Plant Biology

(2018) Joseph K.E. Ortega   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Mechanical contribution of secondary phloem to postural control in trees: the bark side of the force

(2018) Bruno Clair et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Water-stressed or not, the mechanical acclimation is a priority requirement for trees

(2018) Benjamin Niez et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Transcript profiling of a novel plant meristem, the monocot cambium

(2017) Matthew Zinkgraf et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

On the growth and form of shoots

(2017) Raghunath Chelakkot et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Wind loads and competition for light sculpt trees into self-similar structures

(2017) Christophe Eloy et al.   Nature Communications

Termination of Shoot Gravitropic Responses by Auxin Feedback on PIN3 Polarity

(2016) Hana Rakusová et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Regulation of polar auxin transport by protein and lipid kinases

(2016) Laia Armengot et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Critical review on the mechanisms of maturation stress generation in trees

(2016) Tancrède Alméras et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Are leaves optimally designed for self-support? An investigation on giant monocots

(2016) Loïc Tadrist et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Gravitropisms and reaction woods of forest trees - evolution, functions and mechanisms

(2016) Andrew Groover   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

How do plants read their own shapes?

(2016) Olivier Hamant et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

KymoRod: a method for automated kinematic analysis of rod-shaped plant organs

(2016) Renaud Bastien et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Review: Wind impacts on plant growth, mechanics and damage

(2016) Barry Gardiner et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

The Kinematics of Plant Nutation Reveals a Simple Relation between Curvature and the Orientation of Differential Growth

(2016) Renaud Bastien et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Inclination not force is sensed by plants during shoot gravitropism

(2016) Hugo Chauvet et al.   Scientific Reports

A Unified Model of Shoot Tropism in Plants: Photo-, Gravi- and Propio-ception

(2015) Renaud Bastien et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

A unifying modeling of plant shoot gravitropism with an explicit account of the effects of growth

(2014) Renaud Bastien et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

A functional TOC complex contributes to gravity signal transduction in Arabidopsis

(2014) Allison K. Strohm et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Plant biomechanics and mechanobiology are convergent paths to flourishing interdisciplinary research

(2013) B. Moulia   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Integrative biomechanics for tree ecology: beyond wood density and strength

(2013) M. Fournier et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Regulation of plant gravity sensing and signaling by the actin cytoskeleton

(2012) Elison B. Blancaflor   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Unifying model of shoot gravitropism reveals proprioception as a central feature of posture control in plants

(2012) R. Bastien et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Is windswept tree growth negative thigmotropism?

(2011) Frank W. Telewski   PLANT SCIENCE

Biomechanical differences in the stem straightening process among Pinus pinaster provenances. A new approach for early selection of stem straightness

(2011) R. Sierra-de-Grado et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

TWIG: A model to simulate the gravitropic response of a tree axis in the frame of elasticity and viscoelasticity, at intra-annual time scale

(2010) Catherine Coutand et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

An introduction to the mechanics of morphogenesis for plant biologists

(2010) Arezki Boudaoud   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Directional Gravity Sensing in Gravitropism

(2009) Miyo Terao Morita   Annual Review of Plant Biology

On the time-temperature equivalency in green wood: Characterisation of viscoelastic properties in longitudinal direction

(2009) Jana Dlouhá et al.   HOLZFORSCHUNG

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

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

Effects of Wind on Plants

(2008) Emmanuel de Langre   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Wind effects on juvenile trees: a review with special reference to toppling of radiata pine growing in New Zealand

(2008) J. R. Moore et al.   FORESTRY

Biomechanical design and long-term stability of trees: Morphological and wood traits involved in the balance between weight increase and the gravitropic reaction

(2008) T. Alméras et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY