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[Feedback control mechanisms of plant cell expansion]. Progress report, [June 1989--June 1992] [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1992.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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10 pages : digital, PDF file
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United States. Department of Energy and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
We have generated considerable evidence for the significance of wall stress relaxation in the control of plant growth and found that several agents (gibberellin, light, genetic loci for dwarf stature) influence growth rate via alteration of wall relaxation. We have refined our methods for measuring wall relaxation and, moreover, have found that wall relaxation properties bear only a distance relationship to wall mechanical properties. We have garnered novel insights into the nature of cell expansion mechanisms by analyzing spontaneous fluctuations of plant growth rate in seedlings. These experiments involved the application of mathematical techniques for analyzing growth rate fluctuations and the development of new instrumentation for measuring and forcing plant growth in a controlled fashion. These studies conclude that growth rate fluctuations generated by the plant as consequence of a feedback control system. This conclusion has important implications for the nature of wall loosening processes and demands a different framework for thinking about growth control. It also implies the existence of a growth rate sensor.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:doe/er/13179--5
doe/er/13179--5
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Published through SciTech Connect.
12/31/1992.
"doe/er/13179--5"
"DE93006184"
Cosgrove, D.J.
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Type of Report and Period Covered Note
Interim; 01/01/1989 - 12/31/1992
Funding Information
FG02-84ER13179
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