Plant biomechanics : from structure to function at multiple scales /: from structure to function at multiple scales. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anja Geitmann [and] Joseph Gril, editors.
• Editors: Geitmann, Anja; Gril, Joseph
• Contents: Organ and Tissue Mechanics -- Wood cell wall structure and organization in relation to mechanics -- Modelling, evaluation and biomechanical consequences of growth stress profiles inside tree stems -- Bending stress in plant stems: Models and assumptions -- Tree mechanics and wind loading -- Growth, Morphogenesis & Motion -- The mechanics of leaf growth on large scales -- Twisting growth in plant roots -- Plants at bodybuilding: development of plant "muscles" -- Modeling plant morphogenesis: An introduction -- Mechanical conflicts in growth heterogeneity -- Folding, wrinkling and buckling in plant cell walls -- Structural principles in the design of hygroscopically moving plant cells -- Using modeling to understand the hygromechanical and hysteretic behavior of the S2 cell wall layer of wood -- Molecular Underpinnings of Cell Wall Mechanics -- Calcium-pectin chemistry and biomechanics: Biological background and mathematical modelling -- Cell wall expansion as viewed by the creep method -- Tensile testing of primary plant cells and tissues.+- Water Transport, Mechanosensing & Biomimetics -- Water motion and sugar translocation in leaves -- Molecular mechanisms of mechanosensing and mechanotransduction -- Biomechanics and functional morphology of plants -- inspiration for biomimetic materials and structures.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 441 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 581.1; Plant mechanics; Plant anatomy; Plants -- Development; Plant physiology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Plant anatomy; Plant mechanics; Plant physiology; Plants -- Development; Life Sciences; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Anatomy/Development; Wood Science & Technology; Plant Physiology; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319790992; 3319790994
• Related ISBNs: 9783319790985; 3319790986
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.