Thigmonastic response is mediated by touch-stimulated auxin signaling in cucumber tendrils

Ze Li1, Longlong Zheng1, Jiaqi Pan1

  • 1Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Quality Breeding, College of Horticulture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China.

Plant Physiology
|July 23, 2026
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