Homogalacturonan (HG) is the most abundant pectin subtype in plant cell walls. Although it
is a linear homopolymer, its modification states allow for complex molecular encoding. HG …

Plant growth and development are dependent on tight regulation of water movement. Water
diffusion across cell membranes is facilitated by aquaporins that provide plants with the …

During growth and morphogenesis, plant cells respond to mechanical stresses resulting
from spatiotemporal changes in the cell wall that bear high internal turgor pressure …

Rapid global warming directly impacts agricultural productivity and poses a major challenge
to the present-day agriculture. Recent climate change models predict severe losses in crop …

Plants in nature are constantly exposed to organisms that touch them and wound them. A
highly conserved response to these stimuli is a rapid collapse of membrane potential (ie a …

Recent rapid progress in the field of mechanobiology has been driven by novel emerging
tools and methodologies and growing interest from different scientific disciplines. Specific …

Plant germination and growth can be influenced by sound, but the ecological significance of
these responses is unclear. We asked whether acoustic energy generated by the feeding of …

Among the myriad cues that constantly inform plant growth and development, mechanical
forces are unique in that they are an intrinsic result of cellular turgor pressure and also …

From a biomechanical perspective, the completion of seed (and fruit) germination depends
on the balance of two opposing forces: the growth potential of the embryonic axis (radicle …

Soil salinity is a major environmental constraint to crop production. While the molecular
identity and functional expression of Na+ transport systems mediating Na+ exclusion from …