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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
卷 87, 期 5, 页码 625-633出版社
BOTANICAL SOC AMER INC
DOI: 10.2307/2656848
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biomechanics; curvature; development; grass; leaf rolling; leaf shape; Poaceae; Rld mutant; sclerenchyma; Zea mays
The pleiotropic effects of the Rldl-O/t mutation of Zea mays (Poaceae) on leaf phenotype include a suppression of normal transverse unrolling, a reversed top/bottom epidermal polarity, and an apparently straighter longitudinal shape. According to engineering shell theory, there might be mechanical coupling between transverse and longitudinal habit, i.e., the leaf lolling itself might produce the longitudinal straightening. We tested this possibility with quantitative curvature measurements and mechanical uncoupling experiments. The contributions of elastic bending under self weight, mechanical coupling, and rest state of leaf parts to the longitudinal and transverse habit were assessed in Rld-O/+ mutants and a population of sibling +/+ segregants. Elastic bending and curvature coupling are shown to be relatively unimportant. The Rld-O/+ mutation is shown to after not only the unrolling process, but also the developmental longitudinal curving in the growing leaf, leading to a straighter midrib and a rolled lamina. The Rldl-O/+ mutant is thus a suitable model to study the relation between tissue polarity and differential curvature development in the maize leaf. Since on the abaxial side of the leaf more abundant sclerenchyma is found in +/+ than in Rldl-O/+, a gradient in sclerification may contribute to the development of midrib curvature.
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