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Mechanoreception in plants
Martinek, Jan ; Vosolsobě, Stanislav (advisor) ; Kulich, Ivan (referee)
Because of their sessile nature, plants are unable to change their location and thus they are forced to adapt as much as possible to the environment they grow in. Plants evolved the ability to sense many environmental cues, which enables them to perceive the conditions in their surroundings. One class of these stimuli are mechanical forces - from wind sways to contact with obstacles, herbivores or other plants - other mechanical stimuli are e.g. gravity or sound waves. Carnivorous or climbing plants have structures specialised for perception and rapid response to mechanical stimuli. Intriguingly, there is a less spectacular but maybe even more interesting and important response to mechanical perturbation in non-specialized plants. This thesis tries to summarize ubiquity of mechanoperception in plant kingdom and its adaptive importance for the plant life - from activation of traps, to morphological adaptation for growth at windy sites, tendril coiling in climbing plants and root navigation through obstacles in soil. In the following part, the thesis summarizes the recent knowledge of molecular processes accompanied with mechanoreception, signal transduction and integration, and response to mechanostimulation. In the last part I proppose a scheme of mechanosensing workflow from initial mechanical...
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Mechanoreception in plants
Martinek, Jan ; Vosolsobě, Stanislav (advisor) ; Kulich, Ivan (referee)
Because of their sessile nature, plants are unable to change their location and thus they are forced to adapt as much as possible to the environment they grow in. Plants evolved the ability to sense many environmental cues, which enables them to perceive the conditions in their surroundings. One class of these stimuli are mechanical forces - from wind sways to contact with obstacles, herbivores or other plants - other mechanical stimuli are e.g. gravity or sound waves. Carnivorous or climbing plants have structures specialised for perception and rapid response to mechanical stimuli. Intriguingly, there is a less spectacular but maybe even more interesting and important response to mechanical perturbation in non-specialized plants. This thesis tries to summarize ubiquity of mechanoperception in plant kingdom and its adaptive importance for the plant life - from activation of traps, to morphological adaptation for growth at windy sites, tendril coiling in climbing plants and root navigation through obstacles in soil. In the following part, the thesis summarizes the recent knowledge of molecular processes accompanied with mechanoreception, signal transduction and integration, and response to mechanostimulation. In the last part I proppose a scheme of mechanosensing workflow from initial mechanical...
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Effect of stimulation intensitz thigmonastie on the growth of seedlings \kur{Mimosa pudica}
KELÍŠEK, Michal
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of different frequency irritation on growth, morphology or seedling mortality of Mimosa pudica. During preparation of the experiment were seeded 200 seeds of M. pudica but only 48 plants were used due to low germination of seeds . They were divided into three groups of equal number and these groups was placed one beside the other in a warm greenhouse with the same temperature and light conditions. The experiment started when sufficient size was reached (approximately 4 leaves per plant). The first ( control ) group was not irritated, the second group was irritated 5 times per day and the third group 15 times per day. Three times during the experiment (1. 9., 11. 9. and 21. 9. 2014) were measured length and counted the number of leaves. During the last measurement was cut and weighed aboveground part of the plants. Also number of internodes in all plants was recorded. During the experiment was also monitored the number of blossoms. All measured values were entered into tables and then statistically evaluated. In the experiment was found that the different frequency irritation affects the stem length and the final weight of the plants. The effect on the number of blossoms, leaves and internodes was not shown. There was no mortality in any of three groups.
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