The Responses of Field-grown Sunflower and Maize to Mechanical Support

• Published in: Annals of botany Vol. 79; no. 6; pp. 703 - 711
• Main Authors: GOODMAN, A.M., ENNOS, A.R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science Ltd 01.06.1997; Oxford University Press; Academic Press Limited
• Subjects: anchorage; Bending; Corn; Helianthus annuus L; Helianthus annuusL; maize; Mechanical properties; Plant growth; Plant morphology; Plant roots; Plants; Root systems; Stiffness; sunflower; Sunflowers; support; thigmomorphogenesis; Wind; Zea mays L; Zea maysL; thigmomorphogenesis; Wind; anchorage; support; maize; sunflower; Helianthus annuusL; Zea maysL

The effects of mechanical support on two contrasting species of herbaceous annual, the dicot sunflower (Helianthus annuusL.) and the monocot maize (Zea maysL.), were investigated by comparing the growth and mechanical properties of supported plants and those which were left to sway freely in the win...