thigmomorphogenesis
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Etymology
From thigmo- + morphogenesis.
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thigmomorphogenesis (uncountable)
- (botany) The response of a plant to touch or other mechanical sensation.
- 1991, J. A. Callow, editor, Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 18, Academic Press, page vii:
- Some of these, such as thigmomorphogenesis, are quite well defined, but the basis of perception and response is poorly understood although some advances are being made at the molecular level.
- 1992, Karl J. Niklas, Plant Biomechanics: An Engineering Approach to Plant Form and Function, University of Chicago Press, page 322:
- This effect, called thigmomorphogenesis (see chap. 3), involves the motion-induced inhibition of growth. Thigmomorphogenesis can be expressed in plant organs either exhibiting or lacking secondary growth, as well as in organs that have indeterminate or determinate growth.
- 2011, B. Moulia et al., “Integrative Mechanobiology of Growth and Architectural Development in Changing Mechanical Environments”, in Przemyslaw Wojtaszek, editor, Mechanical Integration of Plant Cells and Plants, Springer, page 272:
- Thigmomorphogenesis was first demonstrated by submitting plants to (artificial) mechanical bending.
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