The development of shape in plants is a century-old problem
that has made recent advances due to the combined inter-
disciplinary efforts of plant, molecular and mathematical biology.
A challenge inherent to this problem is the multiple length scales
involved, particularly in embryogenesis or fruit growth, where an
ovary of characteristic size 100 mm 2
10 mm will reproduce over
time to become a 10-cm fruit, or in the case of this investigation, a
one-meter fruit. During this vast change in size, the plant genome
regulates growth through feedback with the multi-parameter
chemical and physical state of the fruit
. The chemical and
biological changes in cells during growth
are beyond the
scope of this study. Instead, we focus on the use of a simple
computational model, which approximates elasto-plastic plant
material, to investigate the mechanics of extreme growth.
The development of shape in plants is a century-old problem
that has made recent advances due to the combined inter-
disciplinary efforts of plant, molecular and mathematical biology.
A challenge inherent to this problem is the multiple length scales
involved, particularly in embryogenesis or fruit growth, where an
ovary of characteristic size 100 mm 2
10 mm will reproduce over
time to become a 10-cm fruit, or in the case of this investigation, a
one-meter fruit. During this vast change in size, the plant genome
regulates growth through feedback with the multi-parameter
chemical and physical state of the fruit
. The chemical and
biological changes in cells during growth
are beyond the
scope of this study. Instead, we focus on the use of a simple
computational model, which approximates elasto-plastic plant
material, to investigate the mechanics of extreme growth.
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