3D imaging and mechanical modeling of helical buckling in Medicago truncatula plant roots

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 42, 2012, Pages 16794-16799

  Silverberg, Jesse L ^a   Noar, Roslyn D ^b,c   Packer, Michael S ^a   Harrison, Maria J ^b   Henley, Christopher L ^a   Cohen, Itai ^a   Gerbode, Sharon J ^a,d  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological chirality; Morphogenesis; Plant biomechanics; Root growth and remodeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CULTURE MEDIUM; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT GROWTH; ROOT HELICAL BUCKLING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; WILD TYPE;

BIOMECHANICS; HYDROGEL; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 84867626594     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209287109     Document Type: Article

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