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Written in collaboration with his son Francis, Darwin builds on earlier investigations into climbing plants, orchids, insectivorous plants, flower variety, and the processes of fertilisation. This detailed study of many species from seed to mature plant further develops Darwin's work on adaptation and evolution, with the aim of collating the results of individual studies into common factors applicable to plants in general. Particular emphasis is given to analysis and investigation of the process here termed circumnutation, the movement of the stem of the plant in order to direct the head in certain directions. This is seen as very importance, with the conclusion that it is modification of this feature that has enabled plants to adapt and evolve so diversely. The authors also note similarities between plants and animals, such as sensitivity to touch and habit of action at certain times.

Plants --- Irritability and movements. --- Movements of plants --- Irritability --- Plant mechanics --- Pulvinus --- Movements

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Plant physiology. Plant biophysics --- Plants --- Irritability and movements --- 581.1 --- 581.18 --- Movements of plants --- Irritability --- Plant mechanics --- Pulvinus --- Irritability and movements. --- Plant physiology --- Movements. Sensibility --- Movements --- 581.18 Movements. Sensibility --- 581.1 Plant physiology --- Plants - Irritability and movements

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Rhéologie. --- Rheology. --- Plantes comestibles. --- Plants, Edible. --- Propriétés mécaniques. --- Plant mechanics. --- Aliments d'origine animale. --- Food of animal origin. --- Aliments --- Food texture. --- Texture. --- Rhéologie. --- Propriétés mécaniques.

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Chemical reactions and interactions between molecules are commonly considered the basis of life, and thus the biochemical nature of cells and organisms is relatively well recognized. Research conducted in recent years, however, increasingly indicates that physical forces profoundly affect the functioning of life at all levels of its organization. To detect and to respond to such forces, plant cells and plants need to be structured mechanically. This volume focuses on mechanical aspects of plant life. It starts with a consideration of the mechanical integration of supracellular structures and mechanical properties of cellular building blocks to show how the structural integrity of plant cells is achieved and maintained during growth and development. The following chapters reveal how the functioning of integrated plant cells contributes to the mechanical integration of plants, and how the latter are able to detect physical stimuli and to reorganize their own cells in response to them. The mechanical aspects of plant responses to stresses are also presented. Finally, all these aspects are placed in an evolutionary context.

Plant cell interaction. --- Plant cell. --- Plant cellular control mechanisms. --- Plants. --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Plant Physiology --- Plant mechanics. --- Plant cells and tissues. --- Plant tissues --- Flora --- Plant kingdom --- Plantae --- Vascular plants --- Vegetable kingdom --- Vegetation --- Wildlife --- Mechanical properties of plants --- Plants --- Mechanical properties --- Life sciences. --- Plant biochemistry. --- Plant ecology. --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Plant anatomy. --- Plant development. --- Plant physiology. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Physiology. --- Plant Anatomy/Development. --- Plant Biochemistry. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Ecology. --- Cells --- Plant anatomy --- Tissues --- Organisms --- Biomechanics --- Plant physiology --- Biochemistry. --- Ecology --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Plant structure --- Structural botany --- Vegetable anatomy --- Anatomy --- Physiology --- Composition --- Structure --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Phytochemistry --- Plant biochemistry --- Plant chemistry --- Biochemistry --- Phytochemicals --- Plant biochemical genetics --- Development of plants --- Plant development --- Developmental biology --- Growth (Plants) --- Ontogeny --- Floristic botany --- Floristic ecology --- Life sciences --- Plant ecology