Coping with stress: mechanics of the expanding leaf

J Exp Bot. 2016 Oct;67(18):5288-5290. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erw340.

Authors

Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska¹, Daniel Kierzkowski²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Comparative Development and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany [email protected].
² Department of Comparative Development and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: Elasticity; growth; leaf; mechanical measurements; strain-stiffening..

MeSH terms

Biomechanical Phenomena
Plant Leaves / growth & development*