4 datasets found

Most of the plants are mostly vertical and straight on all or a part of their aerial systems. To reach this postural shape, stems display complex movements related to...

Trees are able to modify the orientation of their trunk and branches by asymmetrical production of prestressed wood. Biomechanical models designed to simulate these...

From an ecological point of view, the tension or compression stresses developed by wood maturation during growth allow the tree to maintain its vertical posture...

The study of gravitropic movements in plants has enjoyed a long history of research going back to the pioneering works of the 19th century and the famous book entitled...