Endogenous electromagnetic fields in plant leaves: A new hypothesis for vascular pattern formation

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-107

  Pietak, Alexis Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological pattern formation; Coherence domain; Frohlich condensation; Leaf vascularization

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE DOMAIN; ELECTRIC FIELD COMPONENTS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FEM MODELS; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; FROHLICH CONDENSATION; LEAF PRIMORDIA; LEAF STRUCTURE; LEAF TISSUES; LIVING SYSTEMS; MORPHOGENETIC PROCESS; PATTERN FORMATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT LEAVES; RESONANT MODE; VASCULAR PATTERNING; VASCULAR PATTERNS; VASCULARISATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TISSUE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AESCULUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

AESCULUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; PLANTS;

EID: 79956277594     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15368378.2011.566779     Document Type: Article

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