Self-burial mechanics of hygroscopically responsive awns

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1034-1042

  Jung, Wonjong ^a   Kim, Wonjung ^b   Kim, Ho Young ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERODIUM; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM CARNOSUM;

CELLULOSE; SOIL; WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; PELARGONIUM; PLANT SEED; SOIL; WETTABILITY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELLULOSE; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PELARGONIUM; SEEDS; SOIL; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84922526924     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icu026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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