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Active Anti-erosion Protection Strategy in Tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla)
Plants have numerous active protection strategies for adapting to complex and severe environments. These strategies provide endless inspiration for extending the service life of materials and machines. Tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla), a tree that thrives in raging sandstorm regions, has adapted to bluste...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852142/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24305989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep03429 |
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author | Han, Zhiwu Yin, Wei Zhang, Junqiu Niu, Shichao Ren, Luquan |
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description | Plants have numerous active protection strategies for adapting to complex and severe environments. These strategies provide endless inspiration for extending the service life of materials and machines. Tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla), a tree that thrives in raging sandstorm regions, has adapted to blustery conditions by evolving extremely effective and robust erosion resistant characteristics. However, the relationships among its surface cracks, internal histology and biomechanics, such as cracks, rings, cells, elasticity modulus and growth stress, which account for its erosion resistance, remain unclear. This present study reveals that the directionally eccentric growth rings of tamarisk, which are attributed to reduced stress and accelerated cell division, promote the formation of surface cracks. The windward rings are more extensive than the leeward side rings. The windward surfaces are more prone to cracks, which improves erosion resistance. Our data provide insight into the active protection strategy of the tamarisk against wind–sand erosion. |
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spelling | pubmed-38521422013-12-05 Active Anti-erosion Protection Strategy in Tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) Han, Zhiwu Yin, Wei Zhang, Junqiu Niu, Shichao Ren, Luquan Sci Rep Article Plants have numerous active protection strategies for adapting to complex and severe environments. These strategies provide endless inspiration for extending the service life of materials and machines. Tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla), a tree that thrives in raging sandstorm regions, has adapted to blustery conditions by evolving extremely effective and robust erosion resistant characteristics. However, the relationships among its surface cracks, internal histology and biomechanics, such as cracks, rings, cells, elasticity modulus and growth stress, which account for its erosion resistance, remain unclear. This present study reveals that the directionally eccentric growth rings of tamarisk, which are attributed to reduced stress and accelerated cell division, promote the formation of surface cracks. The windward rings are more extensive than the leeward side rings. The windward surfaces are more prone to cracks, which improves erosion resistance. Our data provide insight into the active protection strategy of the tamarisk against wind–sand erosion. Nature Publishing Group 2013-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3852142/ /pubmed/24305989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep03429 Text en Copyright © 2013, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Han, Zhiwu Yin, Wei Zhang, Junqiu Niu, Shichao Ren, Luquan Active Anti-erosion Protection Strategy in Tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) |
title | Active Anti-erosion Protection Strategy in Tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) |
title_full | Active Anti-erosion Protection Strategy in Tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) |
title_fullStr | Active Anti-erosion Protection Strategy in Tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) |
title_full_unstemmed | Active Anti-erosion Protection Strategy in Tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) |
title_short | Active Anti-erosion Protection Strategy in Tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) |
title_sort | active anti-erosion protection strategy in tamarisk (tamarix aphylla) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852142/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24305989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep03429 |
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