Reaching the top through a tortuous path: helical growth in climbing plants.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2020.101982
Abstract: Climbing plants have voluble organs, for example, tendrils and modified stems, which twine up neighboring plants to reach the canopy. These organs perform exaggerated circumnutation, during which they grow towards the shaded areas of the… read more here.
Keywords: climbing plants; top tortuous; biology; growth ... See more keywords