Hierarchies of plant stiffness

Plant Science

Volumn 250, Issue , 2016, Pages 79-96

  Brulé, Veronique ^a   Rafsanjani, Ahmad ^a   Pasini, Damiano ^a   Western, Tamara L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Bioengineering; Plant biomechanics; Plant cell walls; Plant stiffness; Stiffness gradients

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL WALL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL WALL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84974730971     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: 18732259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.06.002     Document Type: Review

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