Water-responsive (WR) materials, due to their controllable mechanical response to humidity
without energy actuation, have attracted lots of attention to the development of smart …

The encapsulation of seeds in hard coats and fruit walls (pericarp layers) fulfils protective
and dispersal functions in many plant families. In angiosperms, packaging structures …

Fermentation of plant-based substrates with edible fungi enhances the nutrient profile and
digestibility, but it has been scarcely applied to edible seeds, which are rich in healthy lipids …

Living structures constantly interact with the biotic and abiotic environment by sensing and
responding via specialized functional parts. In other words, biological bodies embody highly …

While plants are primarily sessile at the organismal level, they do exhibit a vast array of
movements at the organ or sub-organ level. These movements can occur for reasons as …

Plants possess intriguing mechanisms to cope with environmental stresses and
disturbances, and respond to stimuli due to their sessile nature. Banksia attenuata, a tree or …

Wild oat (Avena sterilis) is a very common annual plant species. Successful seed dispersion
support its wide distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe. The seed dispersal units are made of …

Plant and algal cell walls are complex biomaterials composed of stiff cellulose microfibrils
embedded in a soft matrix of polysaccharides, proteins and phenolic compounds. Cell wall …

Resurrection plants have fascinated scientists since centuries as they can fully recover from
cellular water contents below 10%, concomitantly showing remarkable leaf folding motions …

Abstract Background and Aims The capitulum of Helichrysum bracteatum is surrounded by
scarious involucral bracts that perform hygroscopic movements leading to bract bending …