Pathogen attacks can cause significant damage to plants, posing a threaten to global food
production. Plants have developed exquisite methods to rapidly store a key defensive …

It is suggestive that some plant features, like the absence of specialized sensory organs to
detect various environmental stimuli and their sessile and autotrophic nature, may have …

Abstract MID1-COMPLEMENTING ACTIVITY (MCA) is a land plant-specific, plasma
membrane protein, and Ca2+ signaling component that responds to exogenous mechanical …

Trees exhibit adaptability in response to external loads, which allows them to form an
inosculated connection (self-growing connection) with a neighboring tree. Such connections …

In 1973, Jaffe identified and characterized the phenomenon of thigmomorphogenesis, also
referred to as mechanical stress (MS) or mechanical stimulation in plants. Previous studies …

Embedded intelligence is commonly observed in plant systems, where specialized organs
are capable of spontaneously perceiving external mechanical stimuli and exhibiting …

The stability-related asymmetry in roots, trunk, and crown is always found as a typical effect
of biomechanical design under heterogeneous stimulus environment. However, it appears …

Plants respond to environmental stressors with adaptive changes in growth and
development. Central to these responses is the role of calcium (Ca2+) as a key secondary …

Hard pans, soil compaction, soil aggregation, and stones create physical barriers that can
affect the development of a root system. Roots are known to exploit paths of least resistance …

Plants depend on the combined action of a shoot-root-soil system to maintain their
anchorage to the soil. Mechanical failure of any component of this system results in lodging …