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9.—Plant Cell—Water Relations: The Elasticity of the Cell Wall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

J. Dainty
J. Dainty
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Toronto
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Synopsis

The elastic properties of plant cell walls are major factors controlling the swelling and shrinking of plant cells under conditions of varying water stress. The importance of these properties for the adaptation of plants to the changing water stresses they encounter is discussed.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 70 , 1972 , pp. 89 - 93
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1972

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