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ArticlePloS one2021

Conditions for the emergence of circumnutations in plant roots.

Ilya Loshchilov, Emanuela Del Dottore, Barbara Mazzolai, Dario Floreano

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Ilya LoshchilovLaboratory of Intelligent Systems, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Emanuela Del DottoreCenter for Micro-Biorobotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Pontedera, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6874-1970
Barbara MazzolaiCenter for Micro-Biorobotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Pontedera, Italy.
Dario FloreanoLaboratory of Intelligent Systems, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5330-4863

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The plant root system shows remarkably complex behaviors driven by environmental cues and internal dynamics, whose interplay remains largely unknown. A notable example is circumnutation growth movements, which are growth oscillations from side to side of the root apex. Here we describe a model capable of replicating root growth behaviors, which we used to analyze the role of circumnuntations, revealing their emergence I) under gravitropic stress, as a combination of signal propagation and sensitivity to the signal carriers; II) as a result of the interplay between gravitropic and thigmotropic responses; and III) as a behavioral strategy to detect and react to resource gradients. The latter function requires the presence of a hypothetical internal oscillator whose parameters are regulated by the perception of environmental resources.

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GravitropismPlant Roots

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PMID34038485
PMCPMC8153425

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