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Simulating Turgor-Induced Stress Patterns in Multilayered Plant Tissues.

Olivier Ali¹, Hadrien Oliveri², Jan Traas²

¹Laboratoire de Reproduction et Développement des plantes, Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, Inria, 69342, Lyon, France. olivier.ali@inria.fr.

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|June 13, 2019

Summary

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Inner walls significantly influence plant growth mechanics by affecting epidermal stress patterns, especially in curved regions. This study reveals unexpected correlations between cell size, stress, and differential responses in meristematic tissues.

Keywords:

Biophysics Computational biology Developmental biology Modeling Tissue mechanics

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Area of Science:

Plant developmental biology
Biophysics
Computational biology

Background:

Plant morphogenesis is driven by mechanical forces, with cell mechanosensitivity playing a key regulatory role.
Current models often simplify meristematic tissues to the epidermis, neglecting the mechanical contribution of inner walls.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the mechanical influence of inner walls on meristematic tissue homeostasis.
To understand the role of inner walls in turgor-induced forces during plant development.

Main Methods:

Numerical simulations using finite element meshes with subcellular resolution.
Modeling turgor-induced loading in realistic flower buds and abstract structures.

Main Results:

Inner walls strongly influence epidermal mechanical stress, particularly in negatively curved regions.
A correlation between stress intensity and cell size was observed.
Differential mechanical responses to loading were found between epidermal and inner cells.

Conclusions:

Inner walls are crucial for maintaining mechanical homeostasis in plant meristems.
The study highlights the importance of subcellular resolution in modeling plant mechanics.
Simulations tracked the evolution of mechanical stresses during early flower morphogenesis.