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POPCELL: Principles of plant cell mechanics
Reference
BBS/E/J/00001307
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Keith Roberts
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
John Innes Centre
Department
John Innes Centre Department
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
29,339
Status
Completed
Type
Institute Project
Start date
16/05/1997
End date
15/05/2000
Duration
36 months
Abstract
Using different approaches at three different sites, we shall experimentally determine quantitative ground rules for the physical behaviour of individual plant cells from a model species, Arabidopsis and a crop plant, tomato, under small and large deformations and fracture. The relative contribution of different cell wall components and bonds to wall mechanical properties will be determined. The roles of cell wall mechanics, turgor and cell adhesion in the properties of cell assemblies and plant tissues will be approached both experimentally and by modelling and simulation.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics
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Research Priority
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Research Initiative
X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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