Decision-Making Underlying Support-Searching in Pea Plants.

ABSTRACT: Finding a suitable support is a key process in the life history of climbing plants. Those that find a suitable support have greater performance and fitness than those that remain prostrate. Numerous studies on climbing plant behavior have elucidated the mechanistic details of support-searching and attachment. Far fewer studies have addressed the ecological significance of support-searching behavior and the factors that affect it. Among these, the diameter of supports influences their suitability. When the support diameter increases beyond some point, climbing plants are unable to maintain tensional forces and therefore lose attachment to the trellis. Here, we further investigate this issue by placing pea plants (Pisum sativum L.) in the situation of choosing between supports of diff

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10143786 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature