9.—Plant Cell—Water Relations: The Elasticity of the Cell Wall
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A Mathematics
- Vol. 70, 89-93
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080454100008931
Abstract
The elastic properties of plant cell walls are major factors controlling the swelling and shrinking of plant cells under conditions of varying water stress. The importance of these properties for the adaptation of plants to the changing water stresses they encounter is discussed.Keywords
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