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Robotic Sensing and Stimuli Provision for Guided Plant Growth
Published on: July 1, 2019
Motions of leaves and stems, from growth to potential use
Mathieu Rivière1, Julien Derr1, Stéphane Douady1
1Laboratoire Matière & Systèmes Complexes UMR 7057, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France.
Abstract:
The study on aerial plant organs (leaves and stems) motions is reviewed. The history of observations and studies is put in the perspective of the ideas surrounding them, leading to a presentation of the current classification of these motions. After showing the shortcomings of such a classification, we present, following an idea of Darwin's, the various movements in a renewed and observation-based perspective of the plant development. With this perspective, the different movements fit together logically, and in particular we point out that the mature reversible movements, such as the sensitive or circadian movements, are just partial regressions of the developmental ones.
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