(🧵 4/7) The Tree Integrative Biomechanics team, part of the INRAE–Université Clermont Auvergne joint unit PIAF in Clermont-Ferrand (France), explores how trees stand, bend, and recover under forces like gravity and wind.
(🧵 4/7) The Tree Integrative Biomechanics team, part of the INRAE–Université Clermont Auvergne joint unit PIAF in Clermont-Ferrand (France), explores how trees stand, bend, and recover under forces like gravity and wind.
(🧵 1/7) Proprioception drives tension wood formation for autotropic straightening and postural control in trees
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/7) Proprioception drives tension wood formation for autotropic straightening and postural control in trees
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I’m pleased to share our new paper on proprioception and tension wood formation in trees.
We show that plants sense their shape and orientation to adjust their posture, and propose a new definition of tension wood and its formation.
Enjoy! 🌱
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nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Summary also available in French.
I’m pleased to share our new paper on proprioception and tension wood formation in trees.
We show that plants sense their shape and orientation to adjust their posture, and propose a new definition of tension wood and its formation.
Enjoy! 🌱
ENG : A little history. My great-grandfather, a Polish immigrant, came to France in the 30s to escape the economic crisis and worked as a miner all over France.
ENG : A little history. My great-grandfather, a Polish immigrant, came to France in the 30s to escape the economic crisis and worked as a miner all over France.