Self-organisation and motion in plants

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9055, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lenau, T A ^a   Hesselberg, T ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

heliotropism; phototropism; plant motion; Self organisation; sun tracking

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

HELIOTROPISM; PHOTOTROPISM; PLANT MOTION; SELF-ORGANISATION; SUN-TRACKING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 84902147031     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2045155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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