Physics of rapid movements in plants

Creators: Forterre, Yoel; Marmottant, Philippe; Quilliet, Catherine; Noblin, Xavier

Others:: Institut universitaire des systèmes thermiques industriels (IUSTI) ; Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique [Saint Martin d'Hères] (LIPhy) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]); Laboratoire de physique de la matière condensée (LPMC) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); ANR-11-IDEX-0001,Amidex,INITIATIVE D'EXCELLENCE AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITE(2011); European Project: 647384,H2020,ERC-2014-CoG,PLANTMOVE(2015)

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Plants move, and not only under the action of the wind or during growth. Although they lack muscle, some have developed mechanisms to generate surprisingly fast movements, with speeds (about 10 m/s) and accelerations (thousands of g) that compete and even surpass those encountered in the animal kingdom.

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Physics of rapid movements in plants

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